competition

Competition. Carter loves it. Carter likes to come in first. Carter likes to win. Carter likes to do his best...first. Carter loves to play board games. And win. He is very confident that he will win any board game, even though he doesn't always. The best part is when he doesn't win, he is ok. He congratulates the winner and asks if they want to play again, because he knows he will win this time.

This competition is found in school and sports also. He sees no reason to play if you are not trying with all you have to win. And you better follow the rules-rules are everything to Carter. Both of his teachers commented on his report card that he is competitive at school and this is one of the reasons he excels in school. He is always giving his all. He wants everything to be perfect. They say that he doesn't care about the beating others, just about being the best, being first, and winning for himself. And again, when on occasion when he is not, that's ok...because Carter knows that next time, he will be.

When I showed him the teachers comments he said they probably said that because he and a buddy are 20 pages ahead of the class in Math (with the teacher's ok). When I asked why he wanted to be so far ahead, he gave me the look he gives me, his uncompetitive mom, alot and said, "why wouldn't I want to be ahead? It's fun".

I love this trait of Carter's. He will go far in life with this kind of drive. I hope and believe that it will stay at the "wanting to be the best" and not go to the "I want to beat YOU". Carter is too sweet for that kind of thinking.