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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a family that does family Olympics. Lots of different games or challenges for points and they have a trophy they keep all year.
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Bad idea. The littlest kids are at a disadvantage and don't always lose gracefully. Seems like a recipe for crying, tears, and disappointment. [/quote]

+1, my mom did something like this when I was a kid and I really loathed it because I was the smallest and youngest, in most cases by a lot (my oldest sister is a decade older, my brother 7 years older). People in my family are all competitive and there wasn't much encouragement to be a good sport in any direction, so it often developed into my older siblings competing very aggressively against each other while I cried because I never came close, and then the winner being kind of a jerk and the losers being petty and resentful. I have nothing but negative memories of this and as an adult the most competitive thing we'll do on Christmas is play a board game and we heavily encourage good sportsmanship and not taking it too seriously. Also our kids are close in age and we choose games that everyone can play without being unfairly matched (or just games of chance).[/quote]

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