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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^one other point: the Whitman crew parent's defense of "we just couldn't imagine it" is like what Joe Paterno said in defending his continued support of Jerry Sandusky well after he knew about the allegations.  That is, he just couldn't conceive as possible.  And again: if you are a parent with oversight of children, *it is your job* to educate yourself and to force yourself to consider these kinds of scenarios.  Mandated reporters don't get to say they just couldn't believe something could happen, so they ignored the signs.  Ignorance is a poor defense.[/quote]

I am the Whitman crew parent, and I think you are over-spinning what I said.
But I take your point.

Know that one is trying to get off the hook here.

Meantime, the board has offered free counseling services to current and former rowers (and maybe their families--I'm not positive about that).
The counseling is being paid for with donations.
Maybe you have suggestions for what else the team could do.[/quote]

You said "normal people couldn't conceive this" or something to that effect, right?  I mean, what?  I'll grant you that some of us, myself included, have a higher level of professional and/or personal experience with abusive behavior than others.  I've had to look things right in the eye that other people run from, and that does change a person's idea of what's possible.  But that *no one* on the board could conceive of this?  In the age of clergy sex abuse, Penn State, Me Too, on and on and on?  If true, that's a sad commentary on the parents who volunteered for these roles.

As for what else the team could do, I agree with a PP that the board needs to be immediately dissolved.  When you re-form it, [b]include people who are explicitly NOT crew stakeholders, and who are there SOLELY to look out for the kids. [/b] It's clear previous board members were too involved, to put it mildly, to be objective about the best interests of the kids.

Also, hire women coaches.  They're not perfect, but they're far less likely to be sexual predators than men.[/quote]

How realistic is this? [b]Who wants to spend time on a kids sports board when their kids aren't involved.[/b] I was a Whitman parent and can't imagine volunteering for the Crew board, or any other sport/activity, when my kids were doing other activities that I was involved in.[/quote]

Someone who (1) cares about kids generally, (2) has the skills and personality to stick up for said kids, and (3) isn't in everything solely for themselves.

You can't imagine volunteering for something that didn't directly involve your kids?  That's... interesting.

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