I have just had a lovely day watching my three young GCs at their school sports day. The weather being as it is at the moment caused a lot of discussion as to whether it should be postponed. It was decided that it would go ahead, but during the afternoon we had a heavy downpour. The children all sheltered in the bushes with lots of squeals of delight, and parents and grandparents sheltered under brollies etc. Then the sun cam out again and everything carried on. The problem was that lots of parents complained to the headmistress that the school should have stopped the day and continued next week. Am I being unreasonable in thinking that a little bit of rain won't do any harm? What will the children be like if we all make such a fuss about a shower of rain. They were all quite happy. Parents are soooo overprotective of their children. I made a point of telling the headmistress (who was quite upset by it all) that she made the right choice to carry on and she seemed pleased, it must be so hard to get it right.
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