Im judged by smug stay-at-home mums for being late to sports day – but the whole things outdated & I want it banned [Video]

Should school sports days be banned?

As more schools make sports days optional, two mums argue for and against the summer tradition . . .

Sports day is a summer tradition in most schools – but are super-competitive parents on the sidelines sending the wrong message?

YES, says Sun writer and mum of two Grace Macaskill

Sun writer Grace Macaskill, pictured with her sons, says modern sports days are a totally different ball game to what they used to be

ONE of my fondest childhood memories is winning the three-legged race at sports day when I was eight.

The moment of victory is seared into my brain in glorious Technicolor.

So why, might you ask, as the mother of two boys aged 14 and 12, do I hate this annual event?

When I was a kid in the late Seventies, nobody’s parents attended sports day.

Then, it was just something that happened, without fanfare, and — shock, horror — …