Musical Chairs?
Really, I'd like to know what genius thought up some of the games children play. What brilliant individual thought it would be fun to create a game like musical chairs? The goal of which is to put less chairs then children, play music and then suddenly stop it-during which the children must find a seat. Guess what happens after every round? A child is left out and walks away in tears!
Let's discuss dodgeball. Thanks to shows like "The Wonder Years","Raven" and movies like "DodgeBall" we can see first hand the terror this game instilled in young children. What sadistic psycho thought up that game? I can just see them thinking...."HHhhmm, how can I get the most people bruised and tortured in the least amount of time?" Some people may not see the painful effect this can have on kids especially if they don't have any. I don't like these games and do not play them at my children's parties. Games should teach children team work, perseverance and fun, not pain, torture and humiliation.
Think about it...what say you???????
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Not a sadist, a realist
The idea that all children can and should survive, never mind be treated equally and fairly, is a creation of the twentieth century and its enabling technologies. Prior to today's luckiest of lucky societies, hardship and scarcity were the norm, not the exception, and the games modelled the skills necessary for children to survive in that context. Not least of which is "you can't always get what you want, and if you wish to try to do better you'd better work on your skills".
When we played musical chairs, the worst possible outcome was to be labelled crybaby. If you lost, you weren't good enough. That time. There was always the next game. How could you do better, within the rules? Learn how. And if this is "not your game", there are others. That too is real learning.
I mourn the loss of this ethic from the upbringing of our children. Just as I think it wrong to avoid exposure of soldiers in training to physical abuse. If they're not trained to endure such abuse from friends, how are they to cope when they receive it from the enemy?
The time is fast approaching when We the People are going to have to learn to deal constructively with disappointments, with shortages, with the idea that we can't win everything all the time. We aren't going to get there, in my opinion, by failing to teach the lessons of musical chairs.
I'm sure you'll have some cosmic rationale
But here you are with your faith
And your Peter Pan advice
You have no scars on your face
And you cannot handle PRESSURE
- Billy Joel