Do you make yours go to sports day

[Honeysuckle9]

My DD is athletic but has developed all sorts of problems around joining in things. Last month I had a call to collect fr a 1st year dance and today it’s collect from sports day. She isn’t sick just doesn’t want to be there and I got maybe 6 messages whilst I was in work. AIBU to be p’d off with her for not just going in good spirit and joining in when she can. She apparently spent lots of time ‘in the toilets’

not sure what I should have done but I feel they need to learn to just suck some things up and join in

@ithinkidbetterleaverightnow I would have no issue at all with your DD approaching it in this way, that’s fair enough

Secondary sports day is dragged out. My son sat there all day in the heat just to do one event that took 5 mins.

Thankfully my upper school did t do sports day but I still remember lower and middle school sports days. I hated them and it was years before I found out I could enjoy physical activity outside of school (I now love long walks, dancing, canoeing, paddle boarding and weight lifting). School made me fearful of trying new sports in case I was terrible and ended up humiliated.There seems to be a big push to make kids athletic but I think it's actually to their detriment.