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Children in Competition

Whatever you do in life, whoever you are, you have some sort of passion.  Having a passion means to love something so much and show an unmeasurable amount of care for it. A passion can be anything from an obsession of rocks to a passion for helping people. It may take a few years or even a lifetime for one to find their own. My passion happens to be sports and staying active athletically.

I believe the best thing you can do for a child is to get him or her involved with sports. Getting them involved makes them a happier individual and open up new doors for them. Happiness and healthiness go hand and hand. If a child is exposed to sports, then their health increases which provides others a positive friend or kid. 

There is no minimum age to start encouraging a child to start engaging in competitive sports. The nature of competition provides the child a sense of motivation and develops skills. Also, the earlier you introduce it to them the better because when you do something at a young age, it is normally a habit that stays with you for the rest of your life.

To balance a child, you must tend to their needs and wants. If they don't want to be competitive in one thing, then something else would probably interest them more to take more seriously.

I agree with the article and to stick with striving to be competitive because it will help for jobs and situations in the future when competing for certain positions. It applies to many life scenarios and should be taken seriously. All in all, I believe children should ultimately compete in as much as they can, as often as they can, and as competitive as they can. Also, they should be exposed right out of the womb, figuratively speaking. Go Broncos.

Children in competition

Conor O'Brien
9-24-2013
Blog post #2

Children in 2013 are often subjected to pressure from their parents to do various things. Play sports, do good in school, and participate in extra curricular activities. I believe that children should only be pushed to do things they are passionate about. This applies directly to competition. If a child doesn't wish to compete in sports, then they shouldn't be forced to. Forcing a child to participate in competitive sports will never end well for the child or the parent or the relationship between the two. However, children will no doubt encounter competition at some point in their lives. It could be a competitive college, competitive spot in the school band or choir, or a competitive job market. If children aren't exposed to competition, they might crack when they are exposed to it for the first time. Around the age of 10, or about 4th grade, children should start pursuing competitive activities. Band, choir, sports, ASB or leadership, or anything else competitive. This will instill a competitive drive in the child that will help the child later in life. However, the activity should be something the child is interested in, otherwise the child won't be interested. As a parent, you should never have to force your child to compete or live vicariously through your child.

I absolutely disagree with the article. I believe children should be exposed to a level of competition or they will fail when their life becomes competitive as adults. There simply isn't a way to get competition all the way out of our lives. As parents, we need to prepare our children to succeed in the future, and avoiding competition will ill prepare our children for the real world.

In conclusion, I believe that children should compete, although not necessarily in sports. Parents shouldn't push their children to be better, only help the children if they so desire. Pushing children can push them past the breaking point, and often creates a monster out of the parent. Children need to know how to compete for future success.

Children in Competition

I believe it is acceptable for kids to play competitive sports.  People compete for many things in life, including jobs.  If we do not expose our kids to competition and shield them from the real world, then how will they learn?  Competitive sports better prepare our youth for the real world.  Putting your kids in competitive sports should happen as soon as possible.  Kids need to learn competition, and I believe that playing sports competitively would make that happen.

Competition In Children

Children competing in a sport are a great thing. Forcing a child to compete even though they do not want to is not. Competition overall is a great thing and keeps us alive. Charles Darwin even proved it by the theory of evolution, that survival is the survival of the fittest. This means that we live and compete off of competition.  Overall we should competition is a good thing to have, allows us to live but there is a fine line to when to start children to compete in sports. I believe that the age of 8 is a good age to start to compete in sports. I believe that at this age they are mature to understand that competition is good and that it, competition, will help keep kids get involved in sports keeping them active. It is crossing the line when they are under “age” or do not want to participate in sports. At that young of age it is like dog fighting, and as a parent you are doing to brag and show off your child to prove you are the best. This young of an age isn't the kid competing and having fun but the parents showing that they have the best most athletic child. Overall the competition of child is a good in the fact that it keeps kids involved in athletics but under “age” is a bad greedy competition of parents more than it is the of the kids.

I think that competition is successful to having a bright and competitive life. Everyone competes for something, whether that be a job opportunity at a big firm, a promotion, or even competing for food and resources in the world where Homo sapiens hunted and gathered for food. Parents should encourage competition among children at an early age to help them grow up into a world that thrives on competition. At an early age the child can be molded into a person that knows sportsmanship, but also can apply himself to do train/study/work harder enough to achieve the goals that he wants to accomplish. We discussed this in our UF 100 class as well. But when we discussed it was more about should people be given participation ribbons for just showing up to an event? I throughout that in certain cases such as a marathon that even completing such a task deserves some show of accomplishment. Yet when kids are given ribbons for just showing up and not winning say, a soccer tournament, it teaches them that just showing up is enough. Where in the real world it is the opposite. In this economy where some business are still recovering from the economic downturn of 2008 you will have so many people gunning for your job, that if you don’t make a clear impression that you would do anything to get said job that you are nothing but words on paper. Of course children should compete in competitive sports to make sure that they know the difference between losing, and trying your hardest and winning.   

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       As early as the stone age, we were born to compete. Cave men in this paleolithic era competed to survive. They taught their kids to be strong and to do whatever it takes to live. Well over two million years later, children today are still competing. Of course we compete for different reasons, but competition will always be around. I am a firm believer of instilling striving to become a winner at a very young age. I wish I had been pushed to be more competitive by my parents early on. Straight out of the womb, I want my children to be cold blooded competitors. This will give my kids a better sense of confidence and increase the chances of a more sufficient life later on.

       As a Christian, we were taught to be winners. In Corinthians 9:24 it is said "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it." Even the good Lord wants us to win! Ultimately, every living organism competes for something, however, it is up to you to choose what it may be be.



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Should Children Compete?

 Should Children Compete?

           In many ways sports resemble real life. There are real emotions, you put in real effort and, in sports as well as in life, you don’t always win. Not only do I think it is ok for children to compete in sports, but I encourage it. Being competitive is just part of human nature and though not everyone feels the same level of competitiveness, I think it is a good idea for the children to know how a competitive environment can affect them. I feel that it is important for kids to experience emotions like anger, disappointment, feeling like a looser, as well as joy, pride, and getting to feel like a winner. Those are emotions that they will feel in the future weather they play sports or not, might as well get familiar with them. Being aware of how those types of emotions affect them can really help them learn how to manage their emotions. There is no better environment for children to both experience their competitive side and also learn what actions are appropriate and which ones are not. If a child is having a hard time managing their competitive spirit, I would much rather they learn on a field or court where, once the game is finished, there is no real harm done and their parents can help them properly cope with how they feel.  

          The problem with keeping competitive children away from sports is that their competitive nature will just manifest in other areas of their life where it is much less appropriate. Another problem is that eventually, they will be exposed to a real competition and when they are, they will have no experience with their emotions or how to control them.

Another thing that I have a problem with is the extremely negative connotation that goes along with the word competitive. I don’t think that wanting to win or wanting to be the best is a bad thing at all. In the real world people have to compete to get what they want, it’s just part of life. If a child is told that competition is a bad thing, what will happen when they are forced to compete in the real world?

          One of the hardest things for kids to deal with when competing is losing. Losing can be very hard on a young kid, but I see it as great learning opportunity. There are two major lessons that can be taken away from losing and if a kid can learn these lessons, then there is no doubt in my mind that they have the tools to succeed. The first lesson is to hold your head up high, and be proud that you did your best.  The second is to get back out there and keep on trying.

I don’t believe that there is a specific age when, all of the sudden, children are mature enough and ready to compete. I think that it is all a learning experience and that a kid will express interest when they want to try a new sport. Not to mention that, for the most part, when a child first starts a sport, they won’t even be competing because they first have to learn the basics. 

          When it comes to children who are simply not very competitive, I don’t think there is much you can do about that. I do believe that competitive people and not so competitive people can work successfully together on a team. I personally have been on many sports teams where this is the case. Just to clarify something, just because they are not super competitive does not mean that they are not a talented athlete and that they do not benefit the team. It simply means that their overall goal isn’t necessarily to have the highest score.  However, if for some reason, it just isn’t working out, the good news is that there are many types of sports out there and at many different levels. They shouldn’t have much of a problem finding a sport that matches their level of intensity.  

          In my opinion, trying to shelter kids from the reality of winners and losers, from working hard and getting nothing in return, just isn’t right. Keeping them from participating in sports doesn’t change the reality that sometimes you do everything you can, and it’s still not good enough. Participation in sports gives them an opportunity to go out there give it all they’ve got and leave knowing they did their best. But at the end of the day, if they are playing sports, it should simply be because it makes them happy and it’s what they want to do.  

Children in Competition

Competition is inevitable no matter what age you are.  As young children, siblings compete for their parent's attention chronically and as we age, competition drives our motivations in school and work.  In order to receive scholarships to get into college you must have a competitive edge compared to the other students competing for the same pool of money. Likewise, colleagues compete constantly to be the lucky recipient of a promotion. Even polite, reserved people compete to get their dream house or to have their child attend a good school. Competition happens on a daily basis throughout our entire lives in varying levels whether we realize it or not. To me it seems futile to try and banish such a deeply rooted human instinct, such as a competitive nature, when the real solution to competition-self-esteem issues in children should be focused more on balancing emphasis on competition than on competition itself.

As I said before, competition is part of the world we live in and it will remain that way forever; it is simply part of human nature to compete. Since we are ultimately not in control of competition in our culture, we can, however, monitor the level of competitive emphasis we place on certain activities at certain ages. Competition can be intimidating and fun at the same time, parents must be able to expose children to the fun that comes from competition before they can push them to uses competition as a self-improvement tool. Kids must find a reason to enjoy competition before they can take competitive levels into their own hands. I think that kids must learn how to share things before parents encourage competition. Kids are already competitive, so they need to understand both competition and sharing in order to understand the necessary balance between the two. As kids begin to get older and perhaps develop their own passions and areas of interest, I think that is the right time to push for competition because the kids are now focused on something they love, thus giving them passion and motivation to work hard and better themselves for their own benefit. Overall, parents must be able to teach and demonstrate a balance between fun and competition to their children. Competition is bound to happen, so the best thing we can do as a society is to strive to understand the balance of fun competition.

Children in competition

I think children should compete at an early age in sports. It teaches them many things in everyday life and will help them with their future. Life is almost like a sport your always competing with people and trying to do your best in whatever you do. I thinks sports help motivate children to be the best they can be. Children who get into sports at an early age and get serious about their sport most of the time end up a lot better at it then most. I totally support kids who dedicate themselves to that and want to go far in a sport. That is great I think. If children want to get good and be at a certain level when they are older they must start at an early age if they want to reach that goal.

Competition

Competition surrounds us this day in age. Whether it’s in sports, business or even school. And the thing with competition is it will never go away. I believe learning about healthy competition is important at a semi-young age. I think children should get introduced to light competition. I mean really a kindergartener loves to race and soon learns they will not always win. It’s beneficial to learn at a young age that you’re not going to be the best at everything. Balance with competition is key and everyone is different. Some could love competing but careless about the “W” where as some may hate competing but refuses to lose or quit. Knowing how to pump up or calm someone down is virtually in the teams spirit and rapport. A parent can also help with this situation. Knowing that in most cases your sport will truly not be your life or career helps keep participants in an even competitive state of mind. Growing up playing a competitive sport was probably one of the biggest blessings. I learned the value of teamwork and how hard work can pay off. I know I would not be the same person with out the constant competition in my life pushing me to be a better player, student and person as a whole.

I can’t agree with the article on alfiekohn.org. I know personally that yes, losing can bring you down but that’s not what competition of sports is all about. Of course when your on a team you’re their to win but honestly more than anything I believe sports teach you how to communicate, lead and work with others. In all the sports I played this is what was stressed. Winning was second and as long as your striving for the win and doing your best then really nothing should get you down and that’s what I trust competition teaches you. Not to be boastful when you win or depressed when you lose but how to be happy with the state you’re in because there will always be someone better and no matter what someone is worse.  

It's Not All About Winning - Alicia Combs

It seems like competition has always played a huge role in society, and a lot of people are focused on winning and achieving that fame or glory. Adults will drive this idea into the minds of children, and sometimes they get a little too focused that the activity isn't even fun anymore. I think sports are great for children, it teaches many lessons, and they can gain more than experience from it. Throughout my middle and high school career I played volleyball. It taught me about hard work, teamwork, goals, reliability, and so forth, and I think any age is a great age to start a competitive sport. But, I wouldn't want to force competition on a child, I feel that having fun is more important. It's not always about winning, but trying your hardest and accepting that you lose time to time as well. I don't think kids have to be competitive in just sports, but they can push themselves in other aspects as well, such as art or music. I honestly think that nothing should be pushed onto the kid, and they will discover their true passion and naturally set forth in achieving and competing in it.

I personally don’t think competition is healthy for young children. It teaches children to turn against each other rather than cooperating with one another to reach a similar goal. The studies mentioned in the article talk about how competition distracts children from actually doing their best or focusing on task at hand. It also discusses the difference between competition and cooperation in a team like setting and how working together brings the children together where as making children work against each other will make them have a common enemy, and once again they’re forced to fight against the other teams and one team is forced to be the loser and the other team the winner. Competition teaches them that someone always loses, and that they should strive to not be considered the “loser”. Because of competition, victory is seen as something that a child must achieve in order to successful, therefore children get their self worth depending on whether they succeed in competitions or not. With competition, each child becomes an obstacle to each other in order to reach success or happiness. I think competition should be understood by children but not necessarily forced onto children like it is in this day and age. I don’t really think I would ever encourage my children to be competitive. I’d rather just teach them about competition but let them know that regardless of if someone or their team says they win or lose, they’re always be winning because they’re trying and playing the sport or doing the activity the best of their abilities. 

Competition

Competition is neither necessary nor unnecessary. When we feel the need be competitive, it’s a good thing. Success starts at the edge of our comfort zone. We are consciously choosing to push ourselves beyond our normal boundaries when we compete. Competing also brings out passion for something we love. When we can regularly exert ourselves and release the right endorphins, naturally our lives become better in most aspects. Vice versa, when we aren’t competing and don’t have any desire to, our lives become more simply and tranquil. There’s no need to push and strive for something higher because you are content with everything you have already. We can all strive for something simple without having to constantly compete for it. Personally, I don’t want kids in the first place. But if I did, I would encourage, not force or push, my children to play a competitive sport. That way if they don’t enjoy competing but instead striving for something on their own, they can choose which. I became the person I am today because of the competition I put myself through playing sports in high school. I’m more mature, motivate, and intelligent because of the experience and am grateful for it.

Children in Competition

Children should always be able to participate in competitive sports.  I don't see a problem starting children at an early age.  I started playing sports when I was 7 and in my opinion, that is an appropriate age to compete in sports.  We live in a competitive world, and if you don't play competitive sports when you are young, then who knows how you will react when you are older.  Competing helps you understand how to handle with losing and winning.  Competition motivates people to be better.  It leads to success and improvement.  Competition influences people to work hard and that translates to school and work.

I couldn't disagree more with the article.  My brother and I were raised playing competitive sports our whole lives and we didn't turn out to be low self-esteem, non communicative people.  We excel in school and we strive to get better if we fail.  We understand how to cope with failure and winning and I thank competitive sports for that.  Competitive sports gets children ready for the real world.  This doesn't mean to force children to play competitive sports if they don't want to.  I just believe its a good idea to start kids at an early age.  Our society values competition and children need to learn that.

Children and Competitive Sports

There are many questions asked when it comes to children and competitive sports such as what age is it okay to start kids in competitive sports? How do you balance a child who wants to participate in competitive sports? And, should they even be allowed to play those types of sports at all? There are many different opinions on this topic, and this article seems to think kids and competitive sports should not go hand in hand. Yes, the author makes some good points, but I'd say I disagree with it as a whole. Life in general involves competition, so why not make it more active and physical with sports? Everyone loses at some point, and that is apart of learning and growing as a person, as well as an athlete. Sports are a major part of some people's childhoods, and without them they wouldn't be where they are today. They can provide as a stress reliever, a place to make friends, and a getaway from everyday life. They teach people how to lose, and how to deal with that loss. Then when you win it makes it that much better. I grew up playing basketball and tennis, both very competitive sports where I would win and lose. Such as when we played our first intramural flag football game; We lost, but no one seemed to care because we were all having such a fun time playing together as a group. Competitive sports makes you determined to try your hardest, and aim for your best.

Competitive Children

     Children should always play competitive sports. They need to learn to lose before they could possibly learn to win. They can’t go through life thinking they’re going to win at everything they do, and if you think about it, life is a competition. Competition should be introduced as soon as possible. It is in our nature for being competitive. If it’s a new sport or activity, just let them have fun and do their thing, but if it’s a sport that you know they are good at or that they are very passionate about let them be competitive and try to succeed.

     I disagree with this passage for many reasons. They bring up some valid points, but I still do not agree with their statements. I’ve grown up always being competitive. If I don’t win or come close to winning, I usually didn’t have fun. Back to my point life is a competition. If your child is not competitive he will not succeed as soon as others. For example, after graduating college, you need to be competitive to get a job because your opponents are all of your classmates you just graduated with as long as all of the other colleges. You are not applying just for fun, you need to be competitive and want the job you desire.

     In conclusion completion in sports as a child will teach them later on in life that life is a competition.  Therefore raising them like this their whole life that they would know how to lose so that they can become winners down the road.

I believe that kids should play competitive sports. It is what molds you into a person. For example, I tried every sport when I was a kid it seemed like it. I never got into them, which is fine, but it just took me a little longer to figure myself out. I was the girl on the soccer field who picked flowers and scored goals against her own team. I'm not a competitive person at all. My brother however played soccer from a really young age and he learned great communication skills and a sense of leadership. He had a automatic social environment. Which is great. I think that they are really important and kids should try as many sports as they could. I was really into swimming, golf and horseback which aren't necessarily team sports, but they still gave me a environment. Competitive sports are useful, you can flourish into whoever you want to be. You can be a leader, or a player, or a cheerleader. Its just good to have an environment.

My friend recently posted this on Facebook, and I find it absolutely ridiculous. Taking away the ball from soccer…

http://www.cbc.ca/thisisthat/blog/2013/09/03/to-ensure-every-child-wins-ontario-athletic-association-removes-ball-from-soccer/

Children in competition:

          I believe children should compete in competitive sports. Competitive sports enable children to further their communication and learning skills. Soccer for example, has to work together as a team and communicate as a unit to make a goal on the opposing team. The objective of the game is to win, but the underlying objective of the sport is to focus on putting your teammates before yourself. To defend them when they have possession of the ball, open up for a pass, and to be able to share the ball to get down the field at a quicker pace. The sport soccer does not teach children to yell at the referees if they get tackled or go and yell at the other team to “intimidate,” them. The sport itself allows children to stay active and meet a diverse group of people. Kids should participate in competitive sports when they want to be.  Kids are exposed to sports everywhere- in the front yard, at school, and at recreational parks. Children do not have to have a negative competitive demeanor. I believe it is the parents’ responsibility to enforce, and role model how to participate in our competitive society.

         When parents want to, “live,” through their children’s’ sports, competition becomes negative. Parents are the reason why kids turn aggressive in sports and have the mind-set of only winning. Some coaches are just as bad as parents and forget the fun in the sport and will not take a loss. Children absorb what they are exposed to, and parents and coaches are sending the wrong message to children when it comes to competition. If kids focus on their own personal outcome of any situation and are encouraged to continue to better themselves-not be better than others-competition would not be looked at so badly.

Kelsey Raynal: Children in Competition

Kelsey Raynal
LLC
Children in Competition

First let me start by saying I am not a parent so my opinion on this subject might change over time, yet my opinion today on this subject is yes, children should be able to play competitive sports. With everything my Father always told me, “Everything in moderation Kelsey.” This means sure, maybe healthy-competition is a contradiction however I believe that it’s impossible to go through life without some sort of competitive edge.

            When the day comes I become lucky enough to start my own family I will be open-minded to any activities my child might be interest in. Whether this be basketball or playing on the Chess Club, I will support their decisions respectively. At any age a child will come across a competitive environment where they will have to build the bravery and choose to join or walk away, either decision is based on the child and as parents we should be neutral on this subject. If my child were to join the volleyball team he or she would most likely create a competitive spirit. My point it, as parent we should support being competitive yet not overindulge the child of being perfect. As the article stated, if a child wins his or her values begin to revolve around what they have done or how many people they’ve beaten. In this respect I disagree with the article. Competiveness in inevitable within life, to be in a competitive situation is how we are shaped for good or bad, yet it is our jobs as parents to be the arms of safety to resort back to when finishing a game.

            It’s the child’s decision to participate in a competitive environment, however it’s our job to support and nurture the child in whatever they decided to do. To teach humility as well as to show humble sportsmanship, “Everything in moderation.” We cannot let competitiveness shape our entire being yet we should be able to rejoice when we’ve succeeded.