On Saturday I went to watch my godson play rugby union. He is 8 and seems to like playing. He likes being around his friends, it encourages him to learn about what team work is and the added bonus is for 40 minutes they run themselves ragged!
His team was, well, there really is no other word for it, other than annihilated. About 50 to 10. At the end they had a bit of a pep talk, huddled and talked about the game.. That's when I discovered they got told they had tied with the other team.. TIED? As in draw?
In short, I question why we would do this. How are children supposed to learn about disappointment and that things don't always go our way if we are not honest with them?
For my part I think it is wrong and we need to be honest with them or we will produce a generation of kids who grow into adults and can't face rejection/disappointment. Now wouldn't that be fun - it would make the complaints we all have about one and other (Baby Boomers complain about Gen X, Gen X complain about Gen Y and so on) seem very insignificant.
Just a thought. Gen Z - what will become of them?
http://www.socialmarketing.org/newsletter/features/generation1.htm
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