(Poll created March 14, 2009)
Submitted by editor

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Your child is the goalkeeper for the soccer team, and the team loses 10-0. After the game, your child is in tears. What do you do?

Make time to run together to help them run faster and stronger
Demand to see if the other team are too old for the league
Tell them they did a great job and winning doesn't matter
Ask the coach how your child can be a better goal keeper
Decide not to have any more children
File a lawsuit for the damage to their self-esteem
Get rid of all the TV sets and video games in the house
Blame the other children for not trying harder
Demand that the league stop keeping score at the games
Suggest trying another sport
Make a movie with my cell phone and put it on YouTube
Quit the team and join the one that is winning
Let your child pick what is for dinner so they feel better about losing
Arrange an eye doctor visit to see if there are any problems
Ask them what they think the problem is
Yell at the coach of the other team for being unsportsman-like
Tell them to stop being a baby and stop crying
Pay the $20 to the parent on the other team you bet with
Explain: life is a struggle with wins & losses - real winners learn from both.
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