In short….yes…sure is. I grew up in the 80s in a world where there were no “participation medals”. If you lost, you lost. Deal with it. If you didn’t like losing, then you grew from the experience, became resilient, and worked harder to make sure it didn’t happen again. I’m still completely dumbfounded why and when we stopped allowing children to “lose” and everyone has to be a winner. Newsflash: not everyone is a winner all the time.
My son had never really been on a successful hockey team that won any championships. However, last season, they were an incredible group of kids who won their league championship, got through districts, and were two wins away from Nationals. Overall, easily the most successful hockey team he had ever been a part of until that point.
Last weekend, his team had another chance to win their league championship for this season. Once again, they made it to the Finals. Game was tied after regulation. And then with 13.4 seconds left on the clock, the other team buried one and it all ended that abruptly. Definitely a crushing way to lose….but not all was lost. There are so many life lessons to be learned from the heartbreak of losing. Here is a great article I found and worth a read.
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