Alfie Kohn on Nostr: Research finds that putting children in competitive activities tends to reduce their ...
Research finds that putting children in competitive activities tends to reduce their generosity and empathy. (This makes perfect sense when you think about the mindset required to try to beat other people.) Someone nicely summarized this by saying that caring tends to atrophy when the point is to win a trophy.
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