Some people think that a sense of competition in children should be encouraged. Others believe that children who are taught to co-operate rather than compete become more useful adults. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

People disagree over how to raise their kids, with many parents and teachers suggesting that

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is detrimental to their development. They think that

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should be taught cooperation

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views, before deciding that these need not be mutually exclusive. The argument against

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essentially revolves around the idea that it is unhealthy for

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to be pitted against one another. Rather than teaching them to compete, these people argue, we should teach them to work together. Natural selection dictates that some

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will invariably be winners

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others will be losers, and in the modern era,

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seems like an

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concept. All

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should be winners.

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,

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is a part of life and

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should be exposed to it from the beginning. It needn’t be unfair, of course. When

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are taught healthy attitudes towards

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as sportsmanship –

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it is actually tremendously beneficial for them. They can learn how to participate in natural activities and

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deal healthily with the result, whether

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victory or loss.

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, it seems to me that there is no real distinction between

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and cooperation. Team sports, after all, involve

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these elements. If

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play football, basketball, or rugby,

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they will work with their teammates to compete against another team. In the end,

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aspects are learned. In conclusion, there is no need to separate

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from cooperation, and neither should be removed from a child’s education or environment.

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are important for child development.