Comments on: Life Lesson: Self-esteem is earned, not given

By: Kila

Kila — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:10:31 +0000

Haha, adorable.

You might be in trouble in another 4 or 5 years!

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:01:46 +0000

That was hilarious man! Looks like you have a lot of fun with your family… very refreshing!

I saw you stumbled across my blog so I thought I would check yours out too!

I’m glad I did… look forward to reading more.

By: creative type dad

creative type dad — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:05:48 +0000

There’s nothing wrong with winning; as long at it’s not them.

It teaches them how to cope at losing – and it shows them how awesome we are.

By: Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com

Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:44:44 +0000

My dad used to open up a can of whoop-ass on us in hide-and-seek too. When we played hide-and-seek inside, he would throw a yellow blanket over himself and chase us around when he found us. We called it the yellow monster game.

It took me YEARS to realize that he had to do something to spice up the game a little. We were horrible at hiding.

By: Dobeman

Dobeman — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:30:08 +0000

My son loves to play “Lightsabers.” I kick his butt. I poke him in the ribs; I boink him on the head and whenever I can, I do that little circular movement and completely disarm him.
But every now and then he gets old dad on the knee and when he does…oh it’s like crack!

I think NOT letting them win all the time is critical to their learning how to win–and lose–gracefully.

Not that they ever do mind you…

By: samantha jo campen

samantha jo campen — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:32:02 +0000

PICK ON SOMEBODY YOUR OWN SIZE!

(And I’m honestly suprised you didn’t spike the camera in your victory dance)

By: Elena

Elena — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:33:39 +0000

That’s great! It’s never to early to learn good sportsmanship.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:35:08 +0000

Fantastic!! I couldn’t agree more with what you have to say here. In our house there is a saying; “Every game has a winner and a loser, and you want to be the ‘winner’!” Of course not at all costs. Great video!

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:46:09 +0000

I must agree with Grandmother.

By: Karen Hartzell, Graco

Karen Hartzell, Graco — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:28:56 +0000

That was a riot! I am so glad @LindsayLebresco tweeted your link. Glad my DH is not the only one teaching this type of life lesson. Only he tends to slam dunk the mini basketball over DD/4 into her Little Tykes easyscore basketball hoop. What a sight during March Madness.