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zombywoof1,000+ posts

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i'm not sure you can teach kids to be competitive athletes.maybe i'm wrong,all the clapping in the world wouldn't make my kids smile if they k'd.

My son got one of those participation trophies in LL when he was 9. The first thing he asked when he got it was "what's this for? we didn't win." I told him everybody gets one. He asked" why?"

He hated to lose then as he does now. However, when he was little and pushed the reset button on video games because he knew he was gonna lose, he had to learn to be a better loser and as he matured, he did. But he still hates to lose.

4/25/104:44 PM

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