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Fail Is Not a Four-Letter Word

by janetedgette | Jun 17, 2014 | Parent-Child communication, Parenting, Parenting young children, Self-esteem, Sportsmanship

How misguided compassion can end up being a child’s worst enemy in terms of healthy social and emotional development Nine-year-old Billy had been a brash schoolyard basketball player when I first met him. Now, a year later, he sat in my office sad and forlorn, next to...

Raising Boys to Be Good Sports: Bad sportsmanship doesn’t self-correct

by janetedgette | Jun 5, 2014 | Boy behavior, Boys, Boys and sports, Parenting, Sportsmanship

  This is the fourth in a series of six articles about raising boys to be good sports.   Here’s the bad news: Bad sportsmanship isn’t “just a phase” and it’s not something a kid is going to magically grow out of. Here’s the good news: There are things you...

Raising Boys to Be Good Sports: Wanting to win is okay as long as no one ends up demoralized in the process

by janetedgette | May 18, 2014 | Boys, Boys and sports, Bullying, Nonathletic boys, Sportsmanship

This is the third in a series of six articles about raising boys to be good sports. #3 Wanting to win is okay as long as no one ends up demoralized in the process.     Winning feels good. Losing—not so much. In fact, losing feels bad enough that winners...

Raising Boys to Be Good Sports: Mistaking poor sportsmanship for “competitiveness”

by janetedgette | May 5, 2014 | Boy behavior, Boys, Boys and sports, Sportsmanship

This is the second in a series of six articles about raising boys to be good sports. #2 Don’t mistake bad sportsmanship for competitiveness.   Poor sportsmanship has many disguises, one of the best being competitiveness, as in “My kid, man, he sure likes to win....
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