Parker Likes to Win
Example One
Parker and I have been playing a lot of connect four lately.
It took him just minutes to understand the goal of the game and his offensive strategy is pretty good. He doesn't always block me and he always gets mad when I block him. The last time we played he put his hand over the top so I couldn't block his 4 in a row. I said, "Parker, if you want me to play with you, I need to try to block you." Parker said, "But I don't want you to block me." I responded, "Do you want to play with me or just win?" He said, "Just win." So, I stopped trying to block him and let him win. I thought for sure he would get bored with that quickly and ask me to "really play" again, but noooooo. Every time he got 4 in a row, he would smile so wide.
Example Two
While the girls were napping today, Parker made up a game where he stacks of numbers flash cards up and then we each take one from the top. Whoever ends up with the highest number card wins. Parker, of course, sets up the deck and then decides who goes first, so amazingly he always wins!
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A card game he might like is War, although I think there's a new PC name for it now. You shuffle, divide up the deck between the two of you and each person flips over a card at the same time. Person with the highest card collects the cards and so on, with the one with the most cards winning.
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