I'm pretty sure Molly was on SE when she was eight, if I remember correctly.
If you mean Molly from "fab 5", I think her situation was a little different. I'm pretty sure her older sister would've been on SE too (I could be wrong, though) and was probably looking after her. Also, from what I've seen, she seems smart and mature for her age, and may have been then too. Lastly, (and I wasn't in cheer then, so someone can correct me if I'm wrong) routines were a lot less, well, sexualized then. I guarantee that she wasn't popping/rubbing things she shouldn't have been in the air like 8-10 year olds are now.
It just goes to show that some kids can handle being around much older kids, but others can't. In Molly's case, she obviously flourished and grew as an athlete. The issue is that the same coaches who are putting inappropriate moves in their routines are the ones who don't really look at the kid's maturity level... If the 10y/o has the skills and is small enough to be thrown in the air, they're on the team.
I personally think 10 is too young for a senior team, but I do think in a few cases a 10 year old would be fine. But yeah, 85-90% of them on senior teams right now don't need to be, so the age should be moved up.
ETA I see now that this isn't even in the thigh/body rubbing thread so most of what I wrote is irrelevant, and you were just pointing out age. Lol, just consider this food for thought, I guess [emoji28]
