and I bet your girls will strive to do better next year.
Isn't that what we want our kids to do - strive to do better. That is what has made our country great, too. I worry that my kids will be "too soft", we try to encourage competition.
>>and I bet your girls will strive to do better next year. <<
You bet, my FRiend!
Life is not easy. My girls know that sometimes life is not fair either, but one should never let that get one down. Just another chapter in the book of life. If you don't like what you get on the last page, rewrite the next one.
Here is another problem. Parents who think the world rises and sets on their child.
I helped test kids for First Communion in my 7 year old's CCD class. One girl came in crying because she thought she had to tell the teacher her sins. Did the mother ask the teacher? NO. She walked out of the class with the child then returned after to bellow at the teacher about compassion and that HER child is only 7.
The teacher was a gem! When the mother brought up the child's age and how this teacher should have compassion for her fears, the teacher replied, "Every other child here is seven and in 18 years of teaching I have never had a problem like this."
The mother walked out in a huff.