LEENIA,in my experience it means that some are pushing their children, to get some sort of reflected glory.
it is a fault of competitions aimed at children, even music competitions can end up putting some children off, and encouraging children to play music for the wrong reasons, music is not a competitive sport, I grant that a lot of children become proficient at music in ireland, but some of them end up with a competitive attitude when they are adults, much of this can be blamed on Comhaltas