That was true this year, too, as some of the U.S.’ most high-profile stars had primetime slots: Swimmers like Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps won gold while gymnast Simone Biles dazzled viewers in gymnastics. Her father left the family when she was very young, while her mother struggled with drug addiction that frequently made her incapable of caring for Biles and her three siblings.
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The implication that the people who raised her needed to be separated from that act because of who they biologically were set Twitter ablaze, as well as the sexism implied by even disregarding Nellie Biles’s identity. Both Nellie and Ronald, whom Biles calls “Dad’, provided to Biles the most important thing in the world – A loving and stable family”.
When reached for comment, Simon Biles simply replied, “I personally don’t have a comment”. The couple’s commitment, coupled with their strong Catholic faith and prayer life, drove them to find a way to make it work. Impressed by the tiny girl’s explosive power and “air sense”-a gymnast’s catlike ability to stay oriented while flying through the air-Boorman soon became Biles’s personal coach, a position she has held to this day”. Simone’s grandfather and his wife, Nellie, adopted her and her younger sister.
In choosing to adopt their granddaughters, Nellie and Ron Biles joined a rapidly expanding American demographic.
Aww! Simone Biles’ mom, Shanon Biles, told TMZ she’s “clean, sober and has a loving relationship” with her daughter, who we all know as the Team USA gymnast.
On the podcast GymCastic, host Jessica O’Beirne said, “Could he be any more insensitive and cruel?”
“I regret that I wasn’t more clear in my wording on the air”, Trautiwig said in a statement emailed by NBC Sports according to USA Today, “I compounded the error on Twitter, which I quickly corrected”.
I suspect that Nellie and Ron Biles quickly and easily accepted Mr. Trautwig’s apology.
When I read it myself, I was shocked and offended. “They know who their parents are; they are people who are committed to them, who are always there, and who love and take care of them as parents”.
Organizations like Adoptive Learning Partners and Adoptive Families provide a variety of resources and seminars to inform parents and children of adoptive families and those considering adoption, to help prepare them to answer questions and face challenges that will arise in the future.
Adoption groups joined the conversation as the debate continued.
It’s probably just not that big of a deal to Simone.
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It was one broadcaster’s particular approach to analyzing the three-time World Champion’s family life that had her fans furious this week, and now, he says he’s sorry. The same is true for the children in an open adoption.
