Experiencing what it feels like to lose at a young age is a valuable opportunity to build resilience, confidence, motivation and self-control. By feeling what it’s like to succeed, and equally how it feels to fail, children learn to manage these emotions successfully in other walks of life.
How can I teach my kids to cope with losing?
This article details several different strategies and goals that you could use to foster good coping skills in your kids.
Here are three action steps that you can take:
- Give your children opportunities to fail.
- Normalize negative emotions around losing.
- Model good sportsmanship. Pay attention to how you talk around your kids when it comes to failures in your own life. Are you modeling good coping skills after a loss?