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Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread

Reply #1800 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
My kids play a lot of games vs. sides stacked with kids with Indian and Sri Lankan backgrounds and the term "pushy parent" is very apt. I'd hate to be the coach of one of those kids, the parental interference would drive you dingbats.

Many parents want the other kids to well, just not as well as their kids! Pushy parents will be that way if the are not reined in quickly. Amazing what putting a #4 down to #11 does as a result of parental actions.

Kawaja is a bit polarising - says some good and some rubbish things. I think in the end a good career in some ordinary sides - a great lesson in perseverance.  Fielding could still do with some work.

Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread

Reply #1801 –
One needs to mediate carefully between the group and the individual. There may be a small element of truth to certain groups conforming to certain behaviors, but that needs to be measured against that fact we are individual minds, and you need to be wary of flattening or erasing any nuance or legitimate difference that exists between members of a group.

In terms of parental pushiness, my experiences were decidedly mixed, with 2 children involved in soccer, cricket, swimming, ballet, fencing, drama, choir, art classes, gymnastics. Pushy parents come in all shapes and skin colors, as do chill parents.
 

Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread

Reply #1802 –
Quote from: PaulP – on
One needs to mediate carefully between the group and the individual. There may be a small element of truth to certain groups conforming to certain behaviors, but that needs to be measured against that fact we are individual minds, and you need to be wary of flattening or erasing any nuance or legitimate difference that exists between members of a group.

In terms of parental pushiness, my experiences were decidedly mixed, with 2 children involved in soccer, cricket, swimming, ballet, fencing, drama, choir, art classes, gymnastics. Pushy parents come in all shapes and skin colors, as do chill parents.

Very true Paul.  It is all too easy to attribute an individual’s behaviours to their gender, ethnicity, religion, etc when it’s really down to their personality.

I served for many years as president of a junior basketball club in multicultural Box Hill.  Pushy parents, and pushy children, were an occupational hazard and they did come in all shapes and sizes.  The worst were generally many generations removed from their immigrant forebears.
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