There is a rule with playing with Kids.. I believe it is that you allow your kid to win at least 1 in 7 games.. that way you give them hope for the next with and you can keep on challenging them to make them get better..

The worst thing you can do is whip their buts each game and never allow them to win.. You totally destroy their motivation and they give up...

Having your kid with no motivation and having given up is sabotaging your own blood line..

It depends on the kid. Sometimes they need to win, I can see it in their face. Sometimes they need to know even if they try their hardest, they are still going to lose and may need to try again. Sometimes it is a competition and sometimes it is just fun. As a parent and now a grandparent, it is up to me to decide if they need an ego boost or a reality check. It is the adult's responsibility to mentor their child, to promote growth. To teach them that even when they lose they need to be able to deal with that loss. And, when they win, they need to accept that graciously. When I was a child I took my report card to my Dad, I had a C in one subject and he asked me why I didn't have a B. I worked a little harder next grading period and got a B, he then asked why I didn't have an A, to 10 year old little Tommy, "there is no pleasing this guy". Many years later I realized he wasn't chastising me for low grades, he was teaching me to "work to my potential, not to get by." I am almost 60 now and that lesson has remained with me for all these years. My Dad succeeded in making me a better person. When my children were small, I was not their friend, I was their father. It wasn't my job to be a friend; the job was to help them prepare for what comes next.

My dad was still a young man when I was little. We would have races and I would run my heart out and I won the race most of the time.

My father was a professional soccer player. Do you think he couldn’t have beat me every time?

Do you think I did my absolute best to run as hard as a could competing with dad?

Do you think him winning the races every few times made me try even harder.

That’s why you let them win. Thats how they learn to win in life.

I think that an adult could win every time against a child. You have to give them a challenge, otherwise you're just kicking their ass everytime. In order to build confidence in the child, yes you can lose to the child sometimes, and it will challenge them to strive to get better. If you whoop their ass everytime, the child will lose confidence in themself, and not want to play at all.

Hmmm name change?

How many times must I block you???

Teach them strategy on how to win, guide them.