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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on what it is.

I sent my DS away for hockey.  Good choice for us.[b]  There is little abuse in the hockey system (of the sexual variety),[/b] and really not of any other kind either.  We see him often, and he loves where he is.

I do not know enough about some of the other options to help, but I do know that dance would make me more nervous due to some of the other pressures--body issues, sexual.  But maybe I'm just a victim of ignorance and too many Lifetime movies there.[/quote]

Don't make the assumption that there is no abuse in hockey, just because it is a more masculine sport.  Abuse in kids sports programs is not just limited to gymnastics and wrestling:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.necn.com/news/new-england/Youth-Hockey-Coach-Faces-More-Indictments-on-Child-Sex-Abuse-Charges-477738663.html%3famp=y

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/police/92886611-132.html

http://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/youth-hockey-coach-charged-in-sexual-abuse-of-boy/article_39112043-fd3d-5567-b945-345f981e44be.html

NHL and high level players abused by Canadian youth program coach after being sent away to train:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/amphtml/1997/0116/011697.intl.intl.2.html

These were just the first four hits when I googled "youth hockey abuse".

It goes on for pages with different coaches.[/quote]

Your reading comprehension is poor.  "Little" is different than "no".  Your need to proove this is also a bit disturbing and says a lot about you--nothing good, though.[/quote]

Did you read the link about the Canadian Youth hockey program?

It is a widespread issue in Canada youth hockey in the program that produces most of their NHL players.

Here is a quote from the article about a survey done of Canadian Olympic athletes, including many of their hockey players:

"What [b]Canada [/b]is awakening to is that sexual abuse of children, a global societal ill, extends to sports - including hockey, Kirby says. Her research, released at a conference last summer prior to the Atlanta Olympics, showed that more than 50 of the 266 athletes surveyed - [b]all of whom were competing for Canada[/b] - had had sexual intercourse with a coach or someone in authority. Some said they had been forced. One in 5 was under age 16 when the act occurred. [b]More than 90 percent of the cases involved female athletes."[[/b]/quote]

Again, reading comprehension is key.   :roll: 
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