To date, more than 150 young women, including some of America’s most decorated gymnasts, have alleged sexual abuse by Nassar. For years, young women reported Nassar’s abuse to parents, police and school staff, only to have their reports ignored. But no matter how much talent, if a coach is taking a special interest in a child, parents must ask themselves why. “You will always be in an area that can be observed by other people,” is something to say to your child, Hogshead-Makar said. First, young athletes must understand that coaches who enter into relationships with the athletes they coach abuse the position of power they hold over the athlete.

Source: Washington Post January 22, 2018 20:53 UTC