▶ Your Answer :Attitudes conflict on
whether children should play sports for pleasure not for competition. I stand
for proponents of the view that children should not compete when they play
sports. First, competition can damage children’s relationships. Second, children
should relieve stress through sports.
Fundamentally,
relationships of children can be damaged when they compete. The opposing side
argues that competition through sports does not harm children’s relationships.
Advocates of this school of thought raise several arguments as the basis for
their beliefs. While their argumentation may appear valid on the surface, it
does not withstand vigorous scrutiny. Actually, a flood of evidence renders
their view erroneous. For instance, my particular observation reveals why it
should be for pleasure for children to play sports not for competition. When I
was a middle school student, I had a soccer match with another class. We made a
bet on the match, so it became more competitive. After a while, my class won
the soccer match and it seemed everyone was happy for the victory. However, we
could not get along with the students in that class after the match. In
contrast, if we had played soccer for pleasure, the relationship would not have
been cracked. It supports the thesis that kids should not play sports for
competition.
In the second place,
sports have to have kids relieve stress. Beyond my personal experience, current
research substantiates my perspective. Apart from a small portion of people who
sided with the opposite idea, a significant majority of survey participants
endorsed my point of view that sports should be played for pleasure for
children. An elementary school kids answered in the survey, he is enrolled in
math and English language courses after school. He added that on weekends, he
has to visit art galleries or museums with his parents and all of them are very
stressful. Due to the fact that all of those activities are forced by his
parents not with his will, he said playing soccer game at lunch time with his
friends, is the only chance to relieve stress. Most elementary school students
who have participated in the survey concurred if children play sports for
pleasure it will help relieve stress. Such notions attest that it should not be
for pleasure to play sports not competition.
Ultimately, children
should play sports for pleasure for the evidence I have provided previously.
First, relationship is damaged if children compete. Second, sports should help
kids relieve stress. |