Today I read a message which really touched me and I resonate with the importance of Sports in life.
Sports are very essential for every human life which keep them fit and fine and physical strength. It has great importance in each stage of life. It also improves the personality of peoples. Sports keep our all organs alert and the heart becomes most stronger by regularly playing some kind of sports.
We all know these things about sports but what playing sports teaches us is LOSING.
Sports teaches us to lose. Every time we lose and again get a chance to play. Lossing tells us there is someone else better than you. You have to work hard and come back stronger.
I read this article which I totally relate to
What Can Children Learn from Losing?
The feeling of losing and moving on are particular skills children need to develop in order to deal with negative experiences in life when they become older. It might not seem fair to children that one kid can do something faster or better than they can, but parents can teach their children that everyone has different talents and that it is impossible to be good at everything.
Research has shown that losing games is helpful for children because it teaches them to show empathy and cope with the experience of losing.
Christine Carter, who has published books on parenting, says that children need to practice losing in order to be able to cope when they lose in a competition in front of their peers.
Children who do not experience losing can grow up to be anxious, because they start seeing the possibility of not winning as some form of harm and they cannot deal with situations that do not go their way.
Losing a game is the only way for children to learn from their mistakes and think about strategies to improve. When children improve their skills and win the next time, they do not only get better at the sport or game, but they also learn something new. Learning new things increase children’s confidence and their self-belief and they start to be proud of their abilities.
When children lose, they also learn to identify themselves with others who have lost. Melody Brook, a therapist in Texas, says that the experience of coping with loss is helping children to show empathy towards other children in the same position. A child that has never lost a game will not realize that everyone struggles in life.
Finally, losing shows children that they need to work hard in order to have success because good things are not just handed over to them. These situations also help children to lose with grace in front of others and to be seen as fair losers.
As parents, we should not be disappointed if our child loses a competition. There is always something to learn from every competition.
