How do you approach competitiveness with your child?
My DS (4, nearly 5) is very, er, focused on winning. He tends to fall apart (noisily) if he does not win. 'Winning' can be applied to most things: who gets down the stairs first (great! children bickering and pushing on the stairs!), who reaches the tree first, who gets an orange juice first, any kind of play fighting. He's a firstborn, so in a way it comes with the territory, but ... meh ...
On one hand, I'm not too comfortable with it and feel I need to teach him the hoopla about taking part etc etc. I think we've been a bit indulgent, really. On the other hand, I think he's a boy, he's nearly 5, he'll get squashed a bit when he goes to school and mixes with older boys.
I also shudder a bit at the 'it's all about taking part' nicey nicey stuff, to be honest.
What do you reckon?