Do you teach your kids that winning is good?

[the_bob_delusion]

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[donnashuggy]

Second half has not finished yet

[boris1gary]

winning what?

[imastawka]

Do you want them taught that winning is bad?

[patchoo78]

I don't have kids but if I did I would... I wouldn't be hard on them if they didn't win all the time but it is nice to win.. People wouldn't participate in competetive sports if they didn't want to win... 

[lurker17260]

To an extent.

You don't enter a competition without a view to winning. Why would you? But my kids always knew that as long as they had done the best they could, that was ok.

Sometimes, someone else is better at something. And sometimes you will be better than someone else.

[kopenhagen5]

No, it's all in the playing.   All players are winners.

[freshwater-2]

My daughter was a competive dressage rider.

I never ever praised her more for winning than I did for coming third or for just performing well.

I didn't just praise her.  I praised her and her horse equally.

She was always the first go to the winner/s to congratulate them and talk about their horses.

I raised her to understand t is nice to win, but it isn't the be all and end all of competition..

[i-once-was-bump]

Of course you have to teach children that winning is good otherwise they would have no reason to compete. There is nothing wrong with winning, it is all about how they behave when they win (or lose).

But it is also important to teach them that winning is not everything, coming second or third or even last is not to be upset about so long as they gave it their all..

[freddie*rooster]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

Second half has not finished yet

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*smiles*

about time