sportsmanship

Teaching your children Sportsmanship in a Win-is-in World Dear Dr. Robyn, We always try to teach our kids that “winning isn’t everything.” Like most people in our area, our family loves sports and we watch them on T.V. Lately I have noticed that my son is yelling rude comments when watching some of his favorite [...]

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Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman The weather’s getting awfully nice here in New England. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and the kids are outside playing sports. Which gets me thinking… As adults, we often turn a blind eye to bad sportsmanship when it is glorified in the media. Heck, some adults join in [...]

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“Experience is what you get is when you didn’t get what you want…We send our kids out to play football or soccer or swimming or whatever it is… for indirect learning..we don’t actually want them to learn football… We send our kids out to learn much more important things; teamwork, sportsmanship, perseverance, etc. etc.” –Randy [...]

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