Sportsmanship
Corallyn
as Go Fish, Old Maid, Memory (the card game) and such. Since this
time my 5yos has started to display poor loosing manners. If it looks
like he is loosing the game or will loose the game he will have a
fit, throw his cards down and sit and pout. I finally told him that
the behavior was not appropriate and that everyone wins sometimes and
everyone looses sometimes. Tonight I ended up sending him to bed
early because he would not sit still during the game of Memory we
were playing and he kept messing up the cards we had laid on the
floor. Finally, after telling him repeatedly that he needed to sit
still and quit jumping around I made him sit out of the game. He sat
on the opposate side of the room while DD and I finished the game. At
the start of the next game I told him that if he would sit still then
he could come and join the game with us which he decided not to. And
that was fine except that he kept complaining that he wanted to play
the game but "Mommy won't let me." I repeated that he could play with
us, and that we wanted him to play with us, and that he would have to
sit still and that all his jumping around was messing up the cards.
Anyway, after his repeated complaining I finally sent him to bed. I
know a lot of his problem was that he was tired. I guess what I want
to know is this type of behavior normal for a 5yob. This is not the
first time he has had a fit over loosing a game and lately he seems
to be doing things that he knows he is not supposed to and then gets
angery with me when I disapline him. It has been going on for about a
month now and I'm really getting tired of it. I just don't know if it
is a phase he is going through or if I should be wondering if
something else is on his mind. Any suggestion? Corallyn
Kim
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From: "Corallyn " <hape2day@...>
Subject:
Sportsmanship
<<My two oldest children, 3 and 5, have recently
discovered games such
as Go Fish, Old Maid, Memory (the card game) and such.
Since this
time my 5yos has started to display poor loosing manners.
>>
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I've had the same problem with Zak... Except instead of pouting he cries real
tears that it's not fair that he doesn't win all the time. We are working on
this as well. I've figured out that trying to explain most things to my 5
year old is like explaining Nuclear Fusion to somebody who only uses their
left brain (or is that right LOL)... His attention span is short when
explanations are given unless he wants to know how to do something. I
usually say "well maybe you'll win next time, sweetie" and of course I give
him a cuddle and say "I see that you are feeling really sad about not
winning, what could we do about that?"
Working outside the home was so so so so easy compared with raising children.
Everyday it's some other battle I seem to be waging with this little person
who seems to have lots of power. I'm very thankful the other one is only
11months old. However soon, he'll be demanding his own way all the time.
Dawn F
Tucson
Kim
I asked my DD about this. She's 10 now, but she went through the same phase of being a poor loser. She admitted that she would get very frustrated when she lost and I asked her what made her change her mind? She said that she would just tell herself that there would be other games that she would win and that it wasn't that important. She would tell herself that it was more important that she was having fun! I just thought I would share straight from the source!
From: "Corallyn " <hape2day@...>
Subject:
Sportsmanship
<<My two oldest children, 3 and 5, have recently
discovered games such
as Go Fish, Old Maid, Memory (the card game) and such.
Since this
time my 5yos has started to display poor loosing manners.
>>