Slik Rik wrote:
A. Moran wrote:
They are 6-8.
This has got to be troll thread.
Yeah shame on me for asking questions about how to raise competitive kids at age 6 and 8. Maybe I should take a laissez-faire approach and hope they decide to move out of my house when they are 45.
Nice troll...you got me.
so i havent read this whole thread, but wanted to provide an example of my own life.
i grew up in a family of 4 girls, 1 son (me).
my dad had ZERO interest in any sports
my sisters (all older than me) had zero interests in any sports, never participated
neither my mom or dad played sports growing up, my dad is also VERY much a non competitive person
when i was 7 I told my parents I was going to play baseball and to sign me up. They agreed, but from that point forward, all they did was buy me equipment, take me practice/games. No tips, no lessons, no training.
I ended up on a decent d1 team later on (ended up getting cut later, but still an accomplishment to make it). Later I joined the military and served in special ops. I work in a hyper competitive field now.
All of this "competitive" spirit I had was 100% my own thing. My parents never encouraged it. My love for sports was 100% my own thing.
I do sometimes wonder if i would have been better if my dad grinded me to practice late every night and taught me "moral lessons" about winning etc. But to be honest, I don't think it would have mattered. I was hitting balls of a tee in the backyard until bedtime every night anyways (on my own - my choice). I already had that drive. Don't think you can really force it to be honest.