[Chess Ref]

I ,100 % agree about finding another coach/ team. That pretty much for me is a no-brainer.

I do have concerns about expecting a teenage girl to blow off the remarks of an authority figure/ role model with a childhood rhyme. For many young ladies they are looking to adults to provide examples on how to interact in the world. Calling others names is not how to interact in this SITCH. It is IMO bullying. Not a skill I want my daughter to learn. It's one thing if a classmate calls her a name and learning the sticks and stones lesson but a whole nother ball game when an adult does that to her.

Words are important. How they are used is also very important. Going beyond the obvious slurs that we use in our society we can look at numerous examples of how someone being called a name can impact them.

Being called a communist in the 50's took away your career in Hollywwod.

Nowadays being called a terrorist can get you locked up without any of the rights that we have traditionally held dear to our hearts. I am not sure of the exact wording that is used but if they label you "that exact wording" the government can come to your house,remove you , not tell anyone and lock you indefinetly. Not saying that is happening on any large scale but it could happen. So in these two very isolated cases words/labels did matter.

So adults calling my child names will be dealt with.

Another young lady calling my young lady names-I will teach her sticks and stones......

P.S. Just read the paper. The term is "enemy combatant".....