Does competition help or hurt young people?

by Jerry Curtis

Competition, within reasonable limits, is not only healthy, but vital for a young person's readiness to succeed in life. To deny this is to ignore the nature of the world we inh...read more

by Dee Cain

Competition is indeed good for our adolescents. It builds character and prepares them for life. It teaches them to give their best while learning to deal with disappointing mome...read more

by Joy Rosette

Competition helps young people if it is used in the right context. Picture a school bully in a playground cornering the timid kid in class or the young track star competing for ...read more

by Sean Rees

Without exposing children to competition, without educating a child about the importance of success, you are raising a child ill-equipped to deal with the harsh realities of the...read more

by Kevin O'Toole

Competition is a fact of life... the sooner a child learns this, the better. Now, I'm not saying we should be callous as parents and promote some kind of kill or be killed attit...read more

by McJess

If competition does anything for young people, it helps prepare them for their future as a productive adult. Sometimes, competition does hurt...especially if you were the child...read more

by Sienna Kristof

As a teacher and a mother I feel that it is not competition itself that may harm young people, it is the way they are prepared by their parents and their teachers to deal with c...read more

by Rich Rivers

Competition is a motivating factor provided that it is used in the right way and not to ruin other people or become vengeful or violent. Competition must be taken as a nice cha...read more

by Renee Lash

When did we all decide mediocrity is acceptable? Somewhere along the way that is exactly what we as a society have done. Denying children the opportunity to compete with each ot...read more

by Wendy Hepton

A bit of competition never hurt anyone, being overly competetive did. The saying: It's not the winning it's the taking part is true, You don't have to win to prove to yourself t...read more

by Gareth Hobbs

Competition, it's rapidly becoming a four-letter word, when in reality, our whole lives are generally based around competition in one form or another. We support competition am...read more

by Robin Tidwell

Competition can certainly be helpful to children, but competition can also be harmful if the drive for said competition is directed from parent to child, in conflict with the ch...read more

by John Bogan

Sure there is going to be disappointment in competition, but that does not mean competition hurts children. I remember when I was a kid I ran in a two-mile race for a track tea...read more

by Kyara Starwater

Goal! Touchdown! Home run! These timeless words echo through the generations. When did they become a bad thing? The answer is, they weren't a bad thing in the first place, and t...read more

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by Roxanne Dubarry

Does competition help young people? The answer is yes, of course it does. Children, first experience competition within the boundaries of their own family. It is common knowledg...read more

by Bernadette Adkins

This topic happens to be a very passionate topic for me. I grew up playing recreational league sports. Whether it was softball, basketball or cheer-leading there was always comp...read more

by Elinda Harrison

Does competition help or hurt young people? I think competition can both help and hurt young people. Actually, let me rephrase that. Competition in itself will do neither. Th...read more

by Tim Driver

If competition is unhealthy, then why are there ratings for all of these Helium articles? Some might say because it is mostly adults writing them. If that is the case, how can a...read more

by Peggy McBee

Competition breeds hard working, the desire to do your best, promotes self esteem, teaches many lessons that carry over into everyday life. While some people are set that compe...read more

by Vicki Andis

I truly believe that competition is healthy for young people, as long as it is a fair competition. It gives them a chance to prove to themselves, as well as everyone else, that ...read more