How important is winning
Sun, 03/08/2026 - 6:40am
    17 years
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This was not what I would have expected.
My son's in house team was 10-1-1, while the opponent was 1-9-2.
For the championship, they lost.
One explanation I overheard was the other team, well, nobody ever showed up week after week until the playoffs. Makes sense, because I was thinking how would they have drafted players so unequally? It also explains how a team with that record, made it through the playoffs.
My wife asked our son to see his silver medal.
"Nah, it's embarrassing."
It reminded me of when Canada recently lost to the USA, there was not one smile on the silver medalists' faces.
Is winning important? Should kids learn to win?
For me, it's hard to say. In life, as they say, when you come to a fork in the road, take it.
I think its depends
This was not what I would have expected.
My son's in house team was 10-1-1, while the opponent was 1-9-2.
For the championship, they lost.
One explanation I overheard was the other team, well, nobody ever showed up week after week until the playoffs. Makes sense, because I was thinking how would they have drafted players so unequally? It also explains how a team with that record, made it through the playoffs.
My wife asked our son to see his silver medal.
"Nah, it's embarrassing."
It reminded me of when Canada recently lost to the USA, there was not one smile on the silver medalists' faces.
Is winning important? Should kids learn to win?
For me, it's hard to say. In life, as they say, when you come to a fork in the road, take it.
I think it really depends person to person. Some people it means the world, others couldn't care less. Personally I have a hard time even playing board-games or video games. Winning is just not that important to me. But I think it's a person to person thing....