If you're a parent, one thing you surely want in your children is the skill of losing well.
Play hard, strive for what you want — in sports, in school, in things like theater or newspaper.
But…
Play hard, strive for what you want — in sports, in school, in things like theater or newspaper.
But…
2/ …But if you don't get it, if you fall short, if someone else is better, if someone else is chosen, you don't want petulance, defiance, tantrums.
That's a hard emotional skill to teach as a parent — accepting 'defeat' in all kinds of circumstances with grace & resilience.
That's a hard emotional skill to teach as a parent — accepting 'defeat' in all kinds of circumstances with grace & resilience.
3/ Pro-tip: Filing lawsuits when you don't get what you want is a sign that you (or your child) doesn't have that skill.
The furious tactics of the Trump campaign are a lesson in many things — how not to be a leader, how not to be a small 'd' democrat.
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The furious tactics of the Trump campaign are a lesson in many things — how not to be a leader, how not to be a small 'd' democrat.
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4/ But all driven — right at the core — by one person's impotent frustration that he can't simply _have_ what he wants.
That the power of deciding is out of his hands.
These tactics, according to election observers, won't prevail. A lot of flailing & corrosive noise.
That the power of deciding is out of his hands.
These tactics, according to election observers, won't prevail. A lot of flailing & corrosive noise.
5/ But as with many things from the Trump White House, these post-vote tactics are also an x-ray of character.
No matter who you voted for, this isn't how you'd raise your own child to behave.
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No matter who you voted for, this isn't how you'd raise your own child to behave.
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