Hypersensitivity...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

(I don't mean that as an insult, but none of you seem to be willing to think outside the box.)

The way I think is shaped in majority by the way I was raised. And seeing as I grew up never having been shielded from competition and possess what I consider to be a healthy attitude toward competition, winning, and losing, I am forced to conclude that exposure to competition isn't what produces sore losers and arrogant winners. Rather, it's attitude toward competition that shapes it. Therefore, I simply can't agree with you that pointedly avoiding competition is a necessary component in raising an adjusted child. I'm not arguing that it's detremental to do so, but based on my experience, I see no compelling reason to take that step.

As I've said in other dicussions, I don't put much stock in whether something is mainstream or not mainstream. If you consider my conclusions "not outside the box", I couldn't care less. I strive to come to my conclusions independent of the box. Sometimes they fall within it, sometimes they don't. Oh well.