It is a hotly debated issue of whether it is good for children growing up in a competitive environment, and the issue can be approached from several angles due to its complexity. While some people tend to agree with it because adults know that a competitive environment builds the achievement and win thinking in children’s mind and a competitive environment is true and challenging for them to face in their future career, others seems to disagree with it due to the destroy of motivation to engage in the activities and self-esteem when they lose. In my opinion, a competitive environment should be clearly redefined or reclaimed to a healthy competition or cooperative environment that I will agree with.
To begin with, in childhood, children are not likely to understand what a competition means, but they may say “I want to beat you” when they are in a game. The win thinking is easily deep inside children’s mind; however, adults all know that there is never always one winner in all games. Children who lost the game may undermine their self-esteem, performance and even lead them to disengagement. Although adults know losing a game once or twice doesn’t mean anything for children’s potential, the loser in children’s mind may have a high possibility to kill their motivation and barely let them try it again.
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It is normal to be frustrated when they lose; however, if they can be taught on a healthy perspective toward losing, they will learn from the winner by thinking how the winners succeed and hard work they did and stick with. In addition, competition also helps children to know that they are not always the best and they should be aggressive and understand what other experiencing as if they were feeling it