Sports day is a summer tradition in most schools - but are super-competitive parents on the sidelines sending the wrong message?Sun writer Grace Macaskill, pictured with her sons, says modern sports days are a totally different ball game to what they used to beTHROW SHOTSToday it is a different ball game. Kids are split into houses and teams and forced to take part in what has become an overly competitive parade of sporting prowess.
For a parent, there is nothing more painful than watching your child struggling at something, and in full view of other children, too.the working mums — who bolt from their desks and arrive red-faced LAST year my eldest son came second in the 200 metres at his school sports day. He was duly awarded a medal and everybody clapped.He turned 13 in April but, unlike some of his contemporaries, has yet to develop any manly muscles.Children are not stupid — they know who’s the best in the class at running, jumping or throwing.who excel on the sports field.