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I love to compete. I love card games and sports. I’m an athlete and enjoy the challenge of finding my place on a team and working toward a goal. When I became a parent, I longed for the day when my daughter would take the court or field. I couldn’t wait for her to learn the lessons of sportsmanship, resiliency, and dignity through sports and competitions. Then I played Candy Land with her when she was 3 and decided I would never play anything with her again if it involved winning and losing. I chalked up her outburst to the fact that she was a toddler and didn’t get her way. I tried to explain that spending time together and having fun were more important than who won the game. She wasn’t having it. Fast-forward six years and she still isn’t having it. My oldest child is a sore loser, and it drives me crazy.
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