I just hope Michael Ince was right when he decided, before his daughter Michaela was even born, that she was going to be a tennis champion (Argus, June 19).

It reminds me of a mother who had such a high opinion of herself that she decided any child of hers would have to be a world beater and pushed her daughter far too hard in the pursuit of success.

From an early age she embarked the girl on a punishing regime of training: First ice-skating, then piano, horse riding, ballet dancing, gymnastics and so on.

With each activity it became obvious fairly soon the girl had had no exceptional ability. By the time the mother realised the child was not championship material it was too late.

Now, 25 years later, she still bears the mental scars of the way she was treated as a result of her mother's delusions of grandeur.

-Doug Streeter, Saltdean Drive, Brighton