| Although there is nothing wrong with healthy | | | | creating an unhealthy mindset. Ultimately, this affects a |
| competition, there is a risk that kids subject themselves | | | | child's image of himself and self-worth. |
| to too much pressure chasing their parents' | | | | One of the parenting solutions is to constantly monitor |
| acknowledgments. Parenting workshop experts agree | | | | your child's reaction towards failure and assure him or |
| that potential negative ramifications outweigh the | | | | her that failure is not the end of the world. |
| positive but with proper parenting guidelines, the | | | | Children become fearful. |
| competitiveness can be managed in your kid. The | | | | This fear of failure also translates itself into children's |
| following are some of them: | | | | unwillingness to take risks, to explore, or to try |
| Children become misguided. | | | | something new, thus stunting their development. With |
| Instead of seek knowledge and skills, children who are | | | | parenting skill, parents can easily administer appropriate |
| exposed to a "stick and carrot" type of reward and | | | | parenting solutions. |
| punishment system by their parents become deluded | | | | Another fear faced by children who are extremely |
| and care only for the result. In that quest, they lose out | | | | competitive or who have been expected to be the |
| on the spirit of competition and may become a | | | | best in whatever they do is the fear of punishment. No |
| teenager that results in any means possible, whether | | | | one likes to be punished and kids especially place a lot |
| right or wrong, to achieve goals. | | | | of importance in their parent's pleasure or displeasure |
| Children can get easily frustrated. | | | | towards their actions. They have a tendency to keep |
| If kids focus too much on results instead of the | | | | quiet and not ask questions when faced with a |
| process of competing, they become perfectionists in a | | | | problem, thinking that there is no one else to help them. |
| negative sense. Kids become easily disturbed by | | | | Kids will be afraid of failure and would rather not try to |
| failures and become unhappy, rather than to learn | | | | attempt new challenges for fear that they would not |
| from the lessons in failing. Self-doubt and blame sets in, | | | | be able to be the best at it. |