Competition or cooperation among children

My daughter was in dance classes for 16 years. She learned to work as a group to make their dances come alive and perform to the best of their abilities. Always a recital to show how well the girls worked together. As she got older, she entered competitions to compete against other dances. In this she learned to respect someone better than her and to accept no matter how well you do sometimes someone will come out above you. She always accepted the competition and I remember one she entered by herself, did her own outfit, and even though she did not win first place or the prize so to speak, after she danced everyone in the crowd gave her a standing ovation. So she felt she DID win despite she did not get the prize. So I think you can find a balance in life where you can compete and work with others. I was in the Army and during basic if you did not learn to get along with others you were recycled and had to do more basic with a whole different group. So there should be a balance I believe.

Dear friend, There is no doubt cooperation is far better than competition. Moreover it is peaceful good for physical and mental health. Competition is not going peacefully I feel it could create problems. Moreover competition with cooperations may bring better results.

In my opinion, cooperation should be encouraged, especially between young siblings. Children who grow up cooperating are able to work better with other people they meet as they grow. Competition is good too, in a sense that leaders and people who take initiative are developed in healthy competition.

I guess cooperation is better than competition. Striving hard to reach our goals could also be attained through cooperation. Cooperation makes a group of people settle their differences to be able to accomplish something together.