millie said:It seems no matter how old you are in figure skating, parents have controll most of the time. According to you Tara's mother had control over her at 15, big deal! Michelle is 25 and her father has a certain amount of control over her!
What do you mean by that she was too out of it? Yes, I agree with the statement that she was a wishfull one. She got what she wished for--the OGM.
According to me not that Tara's mother had control over her, she was no control over her at all. Tara's mother should've put her feet down. No more 50 3Loop/3Loop a day....she was a kid back then she might not know what the consequence could be. Or even she knew, she was just not think about it, like all kids do when they were young they don't think about things/consequence beyong ten years.....I gave this to Danny, when MK was very young asked to skate more sessions, Danny said no, no more than 4 sessions a day.....
The ironic is what most ppl take up sports for the purpose of a heath body, IIRC it was reported that Irina and Shen(chinese pair) original took up FS because their parents thought it is good for healthier body (Shen was very weak when she was really young). Then end up with injuried body parts during practice the sports.
You are right, Tara has the OGM. But by the end of day (as of now) MK has the fame (Emmy award invitations, ??) and endorsements (and they are keeping come in).