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by noneeeed 2078 days ago
Yeah, I'm just thinking that dance seems less about the competition than gymnastics, so might be a healthier atmosphere.

Our gymnastics club has a kind of parkour club which seems more about having fun and being active which I think me might move my son to when he's old enough.

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The ballet world has similar levels of competition and harmful psychological effects as women’s gymnastics. There are a huge number of girls and women competing for an extremely small number of available jobs as a full time professional dancer for a top-tier ballet company, of which there are only a small handful in the world. And almost everyone in ballet has struggled with disordered eating at some point, including the men.