«I don’t think so. It’s always better for the adult to play fair. If you cheat, the child usually senses it,» says Rantala.
«If the child realises that he didn’t win honestly, the joy of winning is lost. A child can also get confused when he or she is used to beating an adult, but loses to a friend of the same age.»
It’s OK to organise successes
The will to win and the ability to withstand defeat are individual traits that remain fairly similar from childhood to adulthood.
If you always threw a tantrum when you lost as a child, losing is probably painful for you now.
«You don’t need to consciously organise disappointments, life offers enough of them anyway.»
