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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 2535671" data-attributes="member: 15651">My experiences with games and my own children:My daughter, almost 6 years old, loves games and now pretty much follows the rules as written.  She likes to win, but doesn't mind if someone else wins.  Certain games she gets more upset if she is not the one to draw her favorite card or land on her favorite space than she does about losing.  My son, almost three, wants to play games with his Daddy and big sister, but he has no desire to really follow the rules.  He'll follow along and listen to instruction for the first few minutes of the game, then he'll start to do his own thing instead.  We let him as long as he does not disrupt the rest of the game to the point my daughter and I cannot play.  Kids understand the concept of competition pretty naturally.  I think it is wrong to not teach it to them,  What I try and teach along with that is that it is ok to not win and when you do win, it is rude to gloat about it.  So, anyway, getting back to the point asked, rather than looking for non-competitive games, instead play "normal" games, but find rewards within the game other than just winning.  Playing Chutes and Ladders and the child gets the big slide way back to the beginning?  Make it a fun thing to have his piece ride such a big slide.  We have an Old Maid set with different people on each card.  My daughter loves getting the Ballet Dancer pair since she's so pretty.  My son likes the Fireman pair.  We make a big deal when they get those cards.Basically teach them to enjoy playing the game as much as winning it.</blockquote>

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