Children Need To Play, Not Compete, By Jessica Statsky

Summary
In “Children Need to Play, Not Compete,” Jessica Statsky, strongly opposes the fact that children should not be treated or expected to behave like adults. Some sports with adults’ rules and regulation, when played by children, turn out to be a lot more than just playing the game or enjoying. Winning and losing is a part of life, this factor should not be too much empowering that it overcomes all other aspects like enjoying the essence of sports and spending time with friends. Winning and losing may be an inevitable part of adult life. She says that too much competition too early in life can affect a child’s development at very initial stage and can cause psychological inferiority complexes which may cause a child to step back from any
These sports can leave deep marks on children’s personality and disrupt them for the rest of their lives. Thus, I think that parents need to understand that such games can be hazardous at a young age. I oppose the fact of compelling and overburdening children in order to fulfill personal dreams and making them a sacrificial lamb.
In my opinion, a lot of children back off from the sports because of the harsh nature and the judging criteria for players, if a child is not physically fit, he would be dropped out of the team or may be asked to sit on the bench for the rest of the game and that would make him disappointed. A major reason for this behavior of coaches is their will to be the best and see their names on light always. Mostly the physical contact games such as football and baseball are very harsh and it makes the children, playing them, fear the game. More precisely fear the injuries and they start to back
The main purpose of games should be to refresh a person and to spend time with the friends. What good a game would cause if it frustrates the player rather than relaxing the mind from the tough routine. According to my opinion, parents have a great hand in developing the character of their children too. The less they emphasize over just winning and being materialistic the more the children will be relaxed and they can live a better life in future. A life without any frustrations or fear of losing. This way of bringing them up would make them definitely a good person to the society. It will make the whole society beautiful. As charity begins at home, if everybody tries to be an effective part of the society, the whole society will grow together. So, treating children from this delicate age like this will be