How do you teach them to be good sports when they loose?

I've never been competitive, winning never meant that much to me and I'm afraid I passed that on to my daughter LOL. You teach them how to be good sports by celebrating good sportsmanship rather than wins. You stress enjoyment of the game rather than the win. One of the ways I did it was that if Shannon's team lost I would take them out to the same place the winning team went and the kids usually wound up together because some would have friends or relatives on the other team or were involved in other activites together (scouts, dance, gymnastics)

Frankly, I'm not a big fan of the sports program at our school. Some of the coaches are the worst losers when they lose. Here, it's all about win, win, win, whatever it takes to win. I don't agree w/ that. Being on a sports team should be about everything it's not. Learning to work as a team, building self-confidence and self-esteem. It doesn't really matter if they win if those things are getting accomplished. It's not all about winning. In the end, it's just a game.


My boys were playing air hockey just now at McDonald and the youngest kept saying "I want to win" every time the oldest scored
They "fight" when playing Wii also. And it's not only the oldest that always wins- the youngest can play just as well if not better sometimes

Quoting CoolMommyofboys:
I was wondering about sibling rivalry
My boys were playing air hockey just now at McDonald and the youngest kept saying "I want to win" every time the oldest scored
They "fight" when playing Wii also. And it's not only the oldest that always wins- the youngest can play just as well if not better sometimes

- CoolMommyofboys
on May. 21, 2011 at 3:03 PM