Competitiveness: born or bred?
I am exceptionally competitive...so is my husband. So much so that when we wrote a football referee's exam together and he was the only person who beat me (by 1 mark!), I asked for a remark! I guess our family has the perfect combination of genes to produce more competitive offspring! My daughter (14) and my son (11) are equally competitive. Sometimes the chatter at dinner and the rising volume to have a point heard has to be quelled with a "No one is allowed to speak until their food is finished!" I guess only a mum can win that session! Recently, my kids participated in the referee's workshop and wrote the exams - the very same ones their dad and I wrote 20 years ago. Tia was the only girl on the course and Owain the youngest. They passed level 1 and 2 with flying colours and 2 weeks later went back for Level 3. My son started crying during the exam because he couldn't remember the 10 duties of a referee (Um...there's 10??). He was stressed for an entir...