Do parents pay any mindshare to girls over-training/playing to the point they look masculine?

[Anonymous]

OP, my kid is only 10, solid muscle and proud of it. I hope she stays that way.

Sorry you don't approve.

[Anonymous]

To clarify: They are interested in a sport and are playing and training because they want to be good at that sport. As a result, their bodies are becoming increasingly healthy, but their appearance offends you. You think that their parents should discourage them from playing as much as they wish because of the way they look. Do I have that right?

There would be a problem only if they are training more than they want to, or if it substantially interfered with their education, or if it harmed their health. Some female athletes overtrain and undereat, resulting in the female athlete triad (https://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0601/p3357.html), but that's generally associated with girls and women who are too thin, whereas you are commenting that they are too muscular.

I honestly hope you read this and realize how messed up your thoughts are.

[Anonymous]

What sports OP? I need to know what to avoid… J/K having a fit athletic daughter sounds awesome! What kind of freak thinks this is a problem???

[Anonymous]

I hope OP is a troll. How bitterly ironic and toxic that girls can’t win either way. If they spent too much time looking “feminine” OP would no doubt be on here complaining they looked slutty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its not about too much training, it's their body build. I work out 4-5 times a week with heavy weights and still and a very petite woman.

I think you're comparing apples and oranges. You're a grown woman with a mature body, these are developing girls. You might also be oblivious to what even average sports crazy parents are feeding these kids. I'm not talking about budding Olympians, I'm talking your average girls swim team, the coach and parents are stuffing their daughters' faces with hard boiled eggs, chicken breasts, and dietary shakes — in addition to weight training and being in a pool often five times a week all year long.

[Anonymous]

I would be concerned about injury from overtraining. Can't say as it's every occurred to me they might not be sexually attractive to boys...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are you troubled, it's not your body.

I have girlfriends who are deeply self conscious about their masculine physical traits they developed in youth sports. And the hysteric sports training regimen is far worse now than in the 80s and 90s. These young ladies don't have a say in the matter nor can they possibly comprehend they're permanently altering their body in a masculine aesthetic for a silly sport they're not even that great at in the first place. The end game for 93% of these girls is quitting the sport by the end of high school. For another over 5% it's quitting it by the end of freshman year of college. Permanently destroying your daughter's body so mum and dad can booze at crummy hotels on weekends and brag on Facebook what a great (local) athlete their daughter is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its not about too much training, it's their body build. I work out 4-5 times a week with heavy weights and still and a very petite woman.

I think you're comparing apples and oranges. You're a grown woman with a mature body, these are developing girls. You might also be oblivious to what even average sports crazy parents are feeding these kids. I'm not talking about budding Olympians, I'm talking your average girls swim team, the coach and parents are stuffing their daughters' faces with hard boiled eggs, chicken breasts, and dietary shakes — in addition to weight training and being in a pool often five times a week all year long.

Where are you seeing this, PP? Are you witnessing this stuffing? Are you concerned for the girls’ health or their femininity?

[Anonymous]

You sound like my parents OP. All it did was encourage me not to exercise at all. Fast forward 20 years and I am an out of weight couch potato.

Everyone develops differently. Don't worry about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you troubled, it's not your body.

I have girlfriends who are deeply self conscious about their masculine physical traits they developed in youth sports. And the hysteric sports training regimen is far worse now than in the 80s and 90s. These young ladies don't have a say in the matter nor can they possibly comprehend they're permanently altering their body in a masculine aesthetic for a silly sport they're not even that great at in the first place. The end game for 93% of these girls is quitting the sport by the end of high school. For another over 5% it's quitting it by the end of freshman year of college. Permanently destroying your daughter's body so mum and dad can booze at crummy hotels on weekends and brag on Facebook what a great (local) athlete their daughter is.

OP/PP, I am gettta feeling you have an agenda with all your posts. Care to just lay it out there? Come on, you can tell us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you troubled, it's not your body.

I have girlfriends who are deeply self conscious about their masculine physical traits they developed in youth sports. And the hysteric sports training regimen is far worse now than in the 80s and 90s. These young ladies don't have a say in the matter nor can they possibly comprehend they're permanently altering their body in a masculine aesthetic for a silly sport they're not even that great at in the first place. The end game for 93% of these girls is quitting the sport by the end of high school. For another over 5% it's quitting it by the end of freshman year of college. Permanently destroying your daughter's body so mum and dad can booze at crummy hotels on weekends and brag on Facebook what a great (local) athlete their daughter is.

Darn, I wish I could have worked out hard in my teens with a guarantee my body would stay that way! I missed a few months because the gyms closed and lost a lot of tone, if only i knew this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you troubled, it's not your body.

I have girlfriends who are deeply self conscious about their masculine physical traits they developed in youth sports. And the hysteric sports training regimen is far worse now than in the 80s and 90s. These young ladies don't have a say in the matter nor can they possibly comprehend they're permanently altering their body in a masculine aesthetic for a silly sport they're not even that great at in the first place. The end game for 93% of these girls is quitting the sport by the end of high school. For another over 5% it's quitting it by the end of freshman year of college. Permanently destroying your daughter's body so mum and dad can booze at crummy hotels on weekends and brag on Facebook what a great (local) athlete their daughter is.

Do you really think the girls training enough to become so muscles that it offends your sensibilities aren’t the ones pushing it? I guess you want your kids to be pillsbury doughgirls?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These young ladies don't have a say in the matter...

It would be awful if any child - male or female - is forced to participate in intense sports against their wishes. But I didn't see anything in the original post suggesting that was the case. (And I think it's appropriate for parents to ensure their kids are at least somewhat active. My son does two hours of week of a sports class because otherwise he'd never leave the couch.)

[Anonymous]

Girls - as in those under 18 years of age- can't grow to the size of looking masculine. They can be born looking more masculine but training wont do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are a disgusting person OP. There is no such thing as a woman being "too muscular." Please evolve.

He didn't mention WOMEN - he said GIRLS.. They are too young and still growing. They will never be too muscular at a young age.