Cyberbullying in youth sports: How former cheerleader overcame abuse in social media age

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Maddie Gardner became a celebrity as a cheerleader in high school. She also endured the early stages of what's now known as cyberbullying.

, or mention cyberbullying offenses, under their laws. In Gardner’s cheerleading heyday, though, the term wasn’t defined or fully recognized.

At the same time, there was a CNN documentary crew following us around so it was just a ton of extra going on and it was not a good performance for me because I allowed that negativity that I saw online to seep into my performance. And the next year, I actively avoided checking social media, looking at message boards, reading the comments because it had affected me so intensely the year before.

If they don’t agree with how you’ve reported or represented something. You get that feedback, and you’re like, “I can let this bring me down for the rest of the day, the rest of the week,” or I can say, “OK, I can control what I can control, and move forward with it.”Well, for athletes, I would absolutely recommend talking to an adult – if it’s a parent, if it’s a coach, if it’s a gym owner, someone who you feel safe talking to and sharing what happened and how it made you feel.

Yeah, I think if possible and if it’s a source that won’t quit or if it’s an anonymous account and you can’t figure where it’s coming from, there are tools in place on social media where you can report that information, you can report that account or you can block them completely so you’re not seeing content from them.Olympian Shannon Miller's gymnastics journey, cancer battle, life as sports parent offers lessons for allIt’s definitely been a conversation with my fiancé and I.

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