BadFish
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- Oct 19, 2003
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When i was at school, you had children that were good at studies and some that were good at sport, some were good at both. On sports day you had the choice to take part or watch.
I went to my sons sports days, and all the children had to compete, in TEAMS. There were no winners, and plenty of children that really did not want to compete in front of parents and their classmates. Some felt they had let their mates down, some cried, some seemed to be ignored when they completely fell apart in their event.
But of course, it was another crackpot idea brought in.
Surely, as iv'e said imo, these are just kids (4-11) is it not best just to teach them, rather than try to social engineer them.
My boy had his cross country last week and we were considering letting him not do it as he has Asperger's and was finding the whole thing very stressfull. We suffered through the meltdown and tantrums and told him he had to do it! I came home from work expecting the scene you described at your son's sports day.
In fact he came 7th and his self esteem and confidence has soared and he is interested in taking up running in the summer when football (soccer) has finished. So in this case making him take part proved to be the best course of action for him.