Competition.....a new "four letter word"?

Competition....seems to be a four letter word in the world of kid's sports.  If you are a parent, you would have noticed that there are not many winners or losers on the younger kid's sports fields.  Everyone wins! So nice.....is it really?  I know that they are kids and we dare not upset them, but do you think the kids are that dumb to know that there are better teams and teams that stink?  Are we so fragile that we have to be told we are good when we are not?  

This runs through my head when I am watching American Idol.  Are the contestants who truly have no voice (as the young lady in the blue dress) told that they were good by someone to make them feel better?  I tell you, they are not doing them any favors by not telling them the truth!  I am blessed to have a musical ear and this ear did not hear a good voices singing.....I assure you, though, that you do not need an "ear" to know that the bad contestants are just that; bad contestants.  

The funniest thing about the contestants that think they are good, is the shock they feel when they are told they are not!  Are these the results of kids who were told they were great when they were not?  C'mon Moms and Dads! LOVE your children, but be honest with them or get the opinion of someone who knows or the very thing that you were trying to shield them from, (hurt, pain) will come to bite them in the backside.  

Competition is good....losing is a good thing sometimes!! It helps you to get better, makes you run harder, get better results and sometimes, points you in the right direction.  One of the contestants, who sang horribly, was advised to try voice overs.  Hey, if she tries it, she might be successful and find what does work for her life.  Sometimes failure can be the best thing to happen to a person.  Life can produce the best successes from the thing that people dread the most; failure; but those who don't try and fail do not get the chance to learn and succeed.
Loudly yours,
Alicia