
Mary N. Woessner
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Nov 5, 2023 |
dailymaverick.co.za | Mary N. Woessner |Alexandra G Parker |Aurélie Pankowiak
THE CONVERSATION David Beckham says he felt prepared for the nation’s wrath because of how he says he was treated by his father. It’s a familiar story in sport, but evidence shows controlling behaviour doesn’t work. In the Netflix documentary Beckham, the footballer is asked how he coped with the abuse of his entire country after the 1998 men’s football World Cup. David Beckham responds:I was able to handle being abused by the fans […] because of the way my dad had been to me.
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Oct 28, 2023 |
dawn.com | Mary N. Woessner
In the Netflix documentary Beckham, the footballer is asked how he coped with the abuse of his entire country after the 1998 men’s football World Cup. David Beckham responds:“I was able to handle being abused by the fans […] because of the way my dad had been to me.”A poignant scene shows Beckham’s mother Sandra struggling with how hard his father Ted was on their son. Ted’s shouting often brought David to tears.
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Oct 25, 2023 |
dailybulletin.com.au | Mary N. Woessner
Sport is supposed to be a safe place for kids to learn and play. Too often, however, sporting clubs can be places where children are abused psychologically, physically or sexually. Imagine, then, a child in your life had been abused, but never told an adult about it. Our new research shows that’s the case for many children who’ve experienced abuse in a community sport club. Here’s what we found about how children talk about – or don’t talk about – their experiences of abuse in sport.
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Oct 23, 2023 |
medicalxpress.com | Mary N. Woessner |Alexandra G Parker |Aurélie Pankowiak |Emma Kavanagh
Sport is supposed to be a safe place for kids to learn and play. Too often, however, sporting clubs can be places where children are abused psychologically, physically or sexually. Imagine, then, a child in your life had been abused, but never told an adult about it. Our new research shows that's the case for many children who've experienced abuse in a community sport club. Here's what we found about how children talk about—or don't talk about—their experiences of abuse in sport.
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Oct 23, 2023 |
dehai.org | Nicole Lee |Colby S. Teeman |Mary N. Woessner |Alexandra G Parker
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