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Posted on June 23, 2011 by Patrick Belfast
Yesterday, my five-year-old son played his second soccer game. At his first game, I asked the coach who won. There was a cold, awkward pause, and then he informed me that everyone is a winner. I still asked him who won, and he wouldn’t tell me, but he did want to communicate that I had committed a “faux pas,” which is a kind of loosing. I wont belabor the point that this philosophy of not keeping score is bad for Western Culture. The other nations of the world are keeping score, and for that reason, they know the West is losing. But there is one small ray of hope. During the game last night, I saw a small rebellion on the team. My son, with one of his five-year-old teammates were sizing up the game. Quietly one said to the other, “I think the score is two/one, they’re winning.” The other replied, “No. One/one. I think we’re tied.”
Last night was a blow out. My son’s team won, which encouraged them, since they had lost badly two nights before. You could see the kids stand a little straighter.
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Boys becoming men about it.
Won't you join them?
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