Parenting Without A License

A Healthy Spirit of Competition

Posted by Kimberly on October 3rd, 2006 — Posted in Diva Girl, No Pudding Until You Finish Your Meat, iVillage, Heathers

One of the perks of being in Grade Three is that you get to join teams.  Real teams that go to actual events and compete.

Diva Girl went to the cross-country regionals today.  It’s her first experience with being on a team and with athletic competition.  I’ve spent a lot of time this past week assuring her that placing wasn’t the important thing, that the key was to enjoy the experience.

I’m glad to hear she was listening:

“At first we were running really hard, you know, competing against each other.But then we decided to stop and talk for a while to see if we wanted to be friends.”

She came in 77th.  Her new friend was right behind her at 78.  They were wearing daisies in their hair.