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Congratulations. Knowing you and Chris, it's obvious he gets any physical prowess from your side of the family.
However, I'm not a big fan of patronizing kids to build up their self esteem. Don't mentally break them, but there still needs to be some competition. Life is competition and I believe kids need to be prepared for that. When I play my kids for example, I play to kick their asses. Okay, maybe it's more for me. Nothing like boosting your ego by whipping your 6 year old at chinese checkers and chess.
But seriously, the day he finally DID beat me, THAT was a great day. I'll never forget how proud I was of him, and I could see how proud he was of himself. It was great.
(I just don't play with the little fucker anymore unless it's a game I know I can win.)
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