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  • Do you let your kids win when you play games with them? I'm talking anything from Candyland with a 3 year old to chess with an 8 year old to Wii tennis with a 10 year old -- everything included. How does your child react to losing? How does he react to winning?

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    02.07.09, 03:26 PM [ Flag ]

    • no they need to learn that playing isn't about winning but having a good time

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      02.07.09, 03:41 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Never. Winning is important (and so is sportsmanship) and letting them win robs them of the joy when they do eventually beat you. It also gives them plenty of practice being a good loser (which is harder than being a good winner)

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      02.07.09, 03:48 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I let them win sometimes and I win other times. They need to learn how to lose as well. When you're playing chess with a 5yo, you gotta let them win every now and then or they'll hate the game.

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      02.07.09, 03:59 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • no, but I doubt it teaches her anything because I'm a sore loser and a worse winner. oh well

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      02.07.09, 04:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Under 5 let them win almost all the time. You can teach them to be good winners. Obviously if you are playing a game of skill that you would win every time you have to let them win sometimes--and that includes 10 year olds. Maybe you can agree together some kind of fair handicap for you or maybe you can do it for yourself. It should be fun.

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      02.07.09, 04:06 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I never let them win in a game of mostly luck/pure luck (like War, Candy Land, Chutes & Ladders) ... at least, not after they've been taught the game the first time. I let them win in the beginning when they're learning games that involve more skill (like Sorry, Checkers, Chess, Monopoly, Mancala), but I also teach them the strategy behind the game. As soon as I think they understand whatever strategy's involved, I pretty much play them fair and square (with an occasional "gift" game if the game's hard). My dc are 8 and 5, by the way.

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      02.07.09, 04:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • No, but my 7 yo sometimes puts his queen away so I can play chess with him. I stink.

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      02.07.09, 04:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • mine doesn't throw a tantrum when he loses, but he cries and says, no fair. so we're working on it.

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      02.07.09, 04:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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