One girl’s latest obsession is the Olympics – and her parents want to gently break it that she’ll never make it there.
There is one downside in that she never sees them through,” they said.“We've spent endless amounts of money on lessons for multiple musical instruments, horse riding, Taekwondo.
“I don’t want to crush her dreams - but as far as I'm aware there is no diving facility in Ireland anyway.”Family psychotherapist Joanna Fortune said the daughter sounds “wonderfully passionate” - but this can cause issues sometimes.“She doesn’t just want to take up diving - she wants to be Olympic-standard diving.This is “completely normal” for a lot of 12-year-olds – but “expensive” for parents.
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