I think there's a lot of merit in what you say and also
parents putting a lot of pressure on kids by the parents - be it to pass the 11+ or to excel at hobbies / interests.
My daughter goes to 'dance' - ballet, tap, modern, jazz - all that stuff and she loves it and the group she's in enter regional contests - all mostly very relaxed and fun, but christ, you should hear some of the parents having a go at their kids if they make a mistake or beforehand drilling into them to concentrate, remember the moves or whatever, really cranking up the pressure - and this is to girls of 10, 11 years old.
Posted By: South_West_Canary on June 19th 2016 at 21:41:21
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- PM avenging canary... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Jun 19, 20:58:51
- All very good solid points there Dandy. In addition to excessive testing (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jun 19, 22:07:10
- I think there's a lot of merit in what you say and also (General Chat) - South_West_Canary, Jun 19, 21:41:21
- It's this type of criticism that causes kids to grow up super self critical (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jun 19, 22:10:21
- Yeah, never understood that - encourage them yes but don't abuse them... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Jun 19, 21:48:07
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