catlady
Cheer Parent
- Jun 6, 2012
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my take is that she wasnt living with her parents at the time of the theft, etc. So while i dont know the backstory as to why she was living on her own at that age, my guess is that she couldnt or didnt feel comfortable reaching out to her family for help. Also she's a teen from my understanding, and in that environment most dont have the know with all to immediately contact the cops, most deal with it probably internally or try to move past it.
Again i find her story messy at best, but if she was friends or living with staff and the coaching staff was generally aware of what was going on, i cant say they are a hundred percent innocent in all of this. If you know your coaching staff or athlete is being accused of stealing and smoking weed with other athletes or staff, and you refuse to address it, that a BIG red flag. Plus if your holding your athletes to certain standards and willing to kick them off for small things that happen outside the gym, but arent willing to do the same to your staff who are doing the exact same thing, that would be another BIG red flag to me. You cant demand your athletes to hold a certain standard of behavior, but then let your staff run lose.
When it comes to "my child isn't being treated nicely," "my child was kicked off a team," "the staff isn't held to the same standard" I get it, those aren't pleasant experiences and parents need to make the call that's best for them and their child. Those parents and kids have every right to share their experiences, and kudos to parents that withdraw their kids and their money when they see their child isn't doing well in a certain environment! On that same note, parents and kids that say they are thriving in that environment should not be flogged by the mob just because their experience wasn't the same, one is not negating the other.
On a totally different level, accusing people of rape, drugs, and race offenses on Twitter is totally different. These things need to be investigated, deserve to have legal counsel, and any emails, texts, videos, etc need to be vetted for legitimacy and determined if they are admissible in court or to be dismissed. The problem with social media, children, and naive adults, is it is very easy to get caught up in the mob mentality and want to play judge, jury and executioner. That's not justice and both sides deserve protection that these mobs can't and won't provide. If Twitter court is what people truly want in the cheer community, then they need to ask themselves who's next? People are naive if they think the mob will stop with CEA.
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