athletes training at very young age
By homeshoppers
@homeshoppers (6166)
Philippines
August 11, 2012 5:43pm CST
I checked my facebook main page and one of my friend post this picture with a quotes "go for gold" with respect for china athletes though im not against China country nor people from China but is it true that some athletes in china trained at a very young age and need to face training like in the picture for gold?
I mean its like a torture to them and if its my own child i would rather let her live a simple life than get a gold for the country and yet let her suffer like this[em]sad[/em, I dont know if other countries are into this kind of training too.
I understand that children bones are more flexible than adult as i even saw my baby doing some kind of acrobat and i was already worried seeing her like that. But having intense training like this is already worst. I wonder why parents accept this kind of things to their kids. If your the parents what do you think fellow mylotters.
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4 responses
@rogue13xmen13 (14402)
• United States
12 Aug 12
Yes, many athletes do begin their training at a very young age because they have to, but only so many have the talent to go to the Olympics and to really make it in their sport. Some people can train all of their lives, and never make it because they really weren't cut out for it.
@homeshoppers (6166)
• Philippines
13 Aug 12
Yes your right, speaking about talent actually its about talent and if their heart and mind is with it. its the determination to win and not because they were train and been separated with their parents to train at a very young age. No matter they trained a child they only feeling left when they grown up is hatred and the capacity to get out so its not also mean that if they trained them at a very young age they can surely get all the gold. I will rather want my child if ever to still have her normal life and still able to play like those regular child and study yet she can train to bean athlete but she can still live with me so she can still us her inspiration and our love will give her all the support and a will determination for her to win.
@nangisha (3495)
• Indonesia
12 Aug 12
Maybe because the parent think if their child had luck in sport their life is getting better because their kid will had better job to support them.
I hear in China its first son obligation to taking care their parent. And woman will get higher appreciation if she famous athlete so she can had better marriage.
I think become athlete is never easy because you need discipline and training regularly. That's maybe why sport not really develop in my country because we don't such early training.
@homeshoppers (6166)
• Philippines
13 Aug 12
I dont like that idea, if my daughter grow up, i want her to have her own life and its up to her if she will give some for me but not to obliged her. Her happiness is still important for me and i can survive my own
. Though even here in my country, some parents specially those in poor area let their children do the living for them or they expect their good life from their child instead of to work hard for their own living and give their child a good life for their own.
. Though even here in my country, some parents specially those in poor area let their children do the living for them or they expect their good life from their child instead of to work hard for their own living and give their child a good life for their own.
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
13 Aug 12
I had seen these photos. I disagree to it. After all, they are children. But it seems that they have not a better choice. Most of them come from the poor families. And they think if they can win the gold medal, then their lives will have a change. So their parents send them to have the training when their children are little. As to know, few of them can be successful at last. And most of them have lost many things, sad to say.
I love China
@enjoythejourney (523)
• United States
11 Aug 12
I think the kids that do this really miss out on their childhood but that is my western culture thinking. I have read that the Chinese parents that do this, believe they are doing the best for their kids, giving them the best opportunities so who am I to judge,
Some of these kids have not seen their parents for years and I am sure that must be extremely difficult on both sides. I would not give up watching and sharing my child's growth for any reason- absolutely none. I treasure every moment but again that is my culture and I have no right to judge anyone elses. It makes me sad though thinking of what the moms and dads and kids are missing by not being together as a child is a child only for so long.
@homeshoppers (6166)
• Philippines
11 Aug 12
Your right though i wold rather let my child have a normal living than face this kind of things, your right that they need to be separated with their parents too. I just dont accept why they need to be like this just to have the gold as born athletes will get the gold due to determination and not because they've been in tortured to get the gold. Its more proud for me to say that we got gold coz our athletes are born athletes and that we won due to determination and not due to physical and mental torture. Maybe some of them are poor and that parents get paid in exchange of it though its like selling their child freedom and happiness.
