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, Jun 19, 21:41:21