In the Netherlands, gymnastics in the Eighties were child torture. Child. Torture. As in: "Run until you puke. If you have not puked, you have not done your bes

In the Netherlands, gymnastics in the Eighties were child torture. Child. Torture. As in: "Run until you puke. If you have not puked, you have not done your best." As in: "Train 4 hours non-stop on one cup of water." As in a grown man putting his full weight on a 7 year old's shoulders in order to get her to do the split. I hope for your kids' sake this is not the case for her.