I went to my 4 & 8 yr olds sports day last year it was as competitive as when I was in primary school late 70's early 80"s.
If it was anything less I would ban my lads from taking part. Here's my youngest coming from 3rd to 1st to win the hurdles before falling over celebrating.
Once they get to high school then surely they need to understand winning and losing. If they want to be in the football team, netball team, cricket, whatever it may be, its competitive and the best get selected. Coming from my sons primary school they will have no concept at being the best, surely thats what they should be striving for.
Hurt feelings rule nowadays.
Poor Fat Gorden, it isn't his fault he's marginalised because of his size and the willingsness of his parents to let eat eat junk and go on the xbox all night.
A bit of shame might do him some good and build some character and not have him be a whimpering sad sack for the rest of his life.
And this is now, imagine whats its going to be like in 10, 15, 20 years when the feminist millennial's have kids and run the schools.. I shudder.
Sports will be dominated by countries / organizations who are old school.
Yet we do well at Olympics, Winter Olympics we win medals where we used to just go along for the experience, cycling we continue to do well in, rowing........
Yeah now, but I seriously doubt we will in the future.
But by then every country will get a medal!
I went to my 4 & 8 yr olds sports day last year it was as competitive as when I was in primary school late 70's early 80"s.
If it was anything less I would ban my lads from taking part. Here's my youngest coming from 3rd to 1st to win the hurdles before falling over celebrating.