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[quote=Anonymous]Oooo I do a mix!

So first of all - I'm WAY less likely to let my oldest win. The reality of the situation is the oldest beats the youngest at almost everything (games, races, etc) just due to having a two year head start. So he loses to me. The youngest I let beat me at stuff a lot.

Then - it depends. Some games just aren't fun if you're dramatically worse, some aren't. So like "Spot It" - where you have to look for matching pairs? If one person is grabbing every single pair that is not fun at all. So when we started, I would find the matching pair, then count to five in my head before I grabbed it. That way, I was only winning like two-thirds of the pairs - fun for everyone. And as he got better, I dropped my number of seconds. Now I play for real, and we're pretty evenly matched (I'm not actually very good at that game!)

When we play Jenga, on the other hand, I play to win. That's a game that's fun whether you win or lose.

We haven't run into this sort of situation yet (kids are still pretty young) but I remember when my uncle used to play ping pong with my nephew he won every single time. And I was like "dude!" and he said - "One day he'll beat me, years from now, legitimately, and it'll be one of the best days of his life." And guess what? Took four years, but that's exactly what happened. So look out for moments like that, too. [/quote]

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