Am I the only person who have kids who didn’t place first at everything? Was it somehow easier to handle if you are beat at a specific thing? Is that somehow more “rational”? Has everyone else competed or judged others only in objective ways that are totally stats driven? I got 2 wrong on a test but someone else only got 1 wrong? Or I ran the race in 2 minutes and someone else ran it in 1 min 55 sec?
I guess my kids and I have always been in activities that are more subjective. We have been judged knowing it was someone’s opinion only. Sure it hurts when you don’t get something that you want but my kids never blamed others and didn’t spiral into despair. Resilience.