Competitive siblings. Good or bad?
Your children are always in competition with each other, from who’s the fastest in finishing their dinner to who scores the highest marks in Math. You are worried that they end up hating each other. What do you do?
Teach your kids that the real competition is with yourself, and not with others. This is the key to being successful in life anyway. Instill this lesson early in their lives.
Teach them that while it’s good to compete, it’s OK to lose as long as they have tried their best and learnt from it. And they shouldn’t cry over it or be mean or be a spoil sport.
Teach them that sometimes, instead of breaking each other’s neck, working together yields better results and both will become winners. Tell them the adapted tortoise and hare story - where the hare carried the tortoise on land, and the tortoise carried the hare on water, and both ended up tops in the racing competition.
I’m sure they’ll grow up to appreciate these valuable life lessons! Happy educating.
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Posted by Surfingmama on 28 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: competition, cooperation | Trackback
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