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Mental Health Support

Jilly_in_VA

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2. A lot of these kids

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Thu Apr 28, 2022, 05:16 PM

Apr 2022

went to public schools. Don't assume they didn't. I can tell you a real horror story about a girl I knew personally who went to public school with my son and ran cross-country and track and was on course to become really great. No, she didn't commit suicide. Instead, she had a years-long struggle with eating disorders that nearly killed her.

DO NOT ASSUME that elite athletes don't come from public schools too. Just DO NOT ASSUME, period.

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