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SORRY

I used to play games with my kiddos when they were young.  Cards, board games and puzzles.  SORRY was and is one of my favorites.  The other day I was playing SORRY with my 6.5 year old grandson.  

He's the firstborn of the family and like most firstborn children he's very particular, wants/needs to do everything perfect as far as he's concerned and he has trouble losing.  

So this is a good game to teach losing/winning/losing.  The game can turn on a dime (actually, at the pick of a card) and I'm trying to encourage him that it's ok to lose.  It's a difficult lesson.  

I was just like him when I was young and I remember how long it took for me to get the point of almost winning/almost losing, winning and losing but enjoying the journey through the game.

It's tough being the first born.

Birth order is weird.