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<blockquote data-quote="thunder" data-source="post: 387895"><p>Your son and mine are alter egos when it comes to sports. My son had an absolute terrible time losing, would break down in tears in front of everyone. I decided not to keep him out of competitive sports, we would just deal with each game as it came. If an opponent gave him a cheap shot, he would retaliate twice as bad. The worst was when he was around your son's age. He is now 11, soon to be 12 and handles losing so much more gracefully. I tend to think its hard on the younger ones to lose. Competitive sports can teach these boys the fundamentals of a sport, as well as that winning and losing are part of life. Many times my son embarrassed me, parents would stare as if to say "why can't you do something about him?" but the benefits outweighed the stares in my opinion. He has gained valuable instruction as well as life lessons. One word of caution. Although wrestling is an individual sport, it will be the highest win or the lowest lose imaginable. My son started at your son's age, and won our state championship twice. It got to the point that when he would lose, it was crushing. He hasn'e wrestled in a year now. Wrestling is an extremely personal sport, as well as extremely competitive. Not for the faint of heart!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thunder, post: 387895"] Your son and mine are alter egos when it comes to sports. My son had an absolute terrible time losing, would break down in tears in front of everyone. I decided not to keep him out of competitive sports, we would just deal with each game as it came. If an opponent gave him a cheap shot, he would retaliate twice as bad. The worst was when he was around your son's age. He is now 11, soon to be 12 and handles losing so much more gracefully. I tend to think its hard on the younger ones to lose. Competitive sports can teach these boys the fundamentals of a sport, as well as that winning and losing are part of life. Many times my son embarrassed me, parents would stare as if to say "why can't you do something about him?" but the benefits outweighed the stares in my opinion. He has gained valuable instruction as well as life lessons. One word of caution. Although wrestling is an individual sport, it will be the highest win or the lowest lose imaginable. My son started at your son's age, and won our state championship twice. It got to the point that when he would lose, it was crushing. He hasn'e wrestled in a year now. Wrestling is an extremely personal sport, as well as extremely competitive. Not for the faint of heart! [/QUOTE]
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