Video - Bella tasted her first failure in life and cried ....!
Bella has won many medals for her effort from TaeKwanDo, Math & English Kumon , being the best Chinese spelling in her Chinese School and had never tasted failure before ... so this was very traumatising for her .
I entered Bella her 1st swimming competition about a month ago and she was in last place ! She was competing with 9 and 10 year olds for girls under 10 as that’s the youngest event they had . The fact that she was 6 then and completed the event made me even proud as a parent. Soon after we noticed she was quiet and in tears after her swim which made my heart melt . I gave her a big hug and said it’s okay but you must work harder .
It’s important to instil the desire to win to your child . The competitiveness in them will make them work hard for success . There’s no shortcut to it . Children must learn to tackle losses .
Failure is good but they must work hard to overcome them and try again and again and again ... It will surely makes them a better and stronger person . Since then Bella has improved tremendously in her swimming with laps after laps . I have enrolled her in a swimming club 4 times a week to make her more competitive. And she enjoys every minute of it . I truly admired her guts and grit to succeed .
InsyaAllah someday she will win a medal for her effort . And it’s important for the child to win for themselves and not for their parents . And most importantly they must enjoy and having fun ....
Have A Great Monday Everyone ...😀
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