JBR wrote:
Really difficult to get that balance right - I see it a lot at parkrun juniors (2km), where lots of kids run with a smile on their face, but some love it one week and not the next, some do a lap and are aghast at doing another and all the shades of meltdown you might expect. Every parent's doing their best, and I've never seen a really competitive "COME ON!" style, though some seem a bit too pleased at the relative success.
TBF I've been the "COME ON" parent at junior parkrun. Not competitively though, just in a "if you stop fucking whining you'll get to the end and we can get out of the cold" way.
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(Begs the question why they want to do it when they whinge so much but there we go)