Why the Mums and Dads' Race Is in the Inside Lane to Oblivion

Western MailJuly 05, 2006

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It's a telling sign of the times that the mums and dads' race, once a permanent fixture in the junior school sports day, is facing extinction.

Fewer and fewer schools now offer pupils the chance to be ritually humiliated in front of classmates, as their embarrassingly competitive or woefully incompetent parents lurch and wobble around the playing field to prove we're all good sports and it's really the taking part that counts - ha!

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Why the Mums and Dads' Race Is in the Inside Lane to Oblivion

It was never an edifying experience for anyone concerned, serving only to reinforce damaging stereotypes - the fast, keen ...

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