In elementary school our kids play games and have contests that have no winners because it would make the losers ‘feel badly’. They don’t give grades at school in the early grades, just ‘pass-fail’, because they don’t want kids to feel they are not measuring up. At parties, winners and losers get prizes so [...]
Posts Tagged ‘soccer’
When Kids Can’t Lose
Posted in Family, Life Skills, Moms, Parenting, tagged accomplishing goals, disappointment, elementary school, failure, mediocrity, soccer, winners on March 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Whatever happened to hats?
Posted in Family, tagged coat, hat, safety equipment, soccer, teens on February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My kids balk at zippering up their coats on a cold day or wearing them at all! The ‘hoodie’ appears to have replaced jackets and coats, yet is just a big sweatshirt with a hood. My son pulls a cap over his head when he leaves for school but my daughter won’t wear a [...]
