The benefits received from winning trump the harmful consequences of using performance-enhancing drugs for these coaches, parents and children. The winning mentality is etched into the child’s brain at an impressionable stage of their development. The young athlete becomes hardwired to believe that winning is the only thing that matters, and “the psychoanalytic equation runs something like this: winning = coach’s approval=parent’s acceptance=acceptance of self (self esteem)” (Varda, 1999)...
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In other words, at an age in which self-esteem and peer acceptance is very important, children learn to measure their self worth by their success on the field of play. As kids continue to mature and enter their adolescent stage, their exposure to performance-enhancing drugs increases and the consumption rates also increase...
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