Children are taught to push themselves to try and be better than their classmates, rather than work together for everyone’s profit. Do you think the advantages outweigh its disadvantages?

What we teach our children does not just determine their lives; it also decides what our society becomes, so coming up with the right way to raise our children is vital. Most parents expect their youngsters to work only to be finer than other children around them rather than teaching them to work cooperatively. However, I believe making children competitive is an inappropriate way of bringing them up. The forthcoming paragraphs will justify my point of view in detail.

Some of us may be naturally competitive, and our efforts are fuelled by the desire to be better than others. Occasionally, it may be a little acceptable tendency if the competition is healthy and controlled.

However, such competitiveness may harm the individual, the people around them, and society. This tendency emerges from the desire to be better than others but not to do something useful for others and the community. I believe a highly competitive person does not have much to offer the world, for they are forever busy leveling up with one person or another. Furthermore, there are chances of competitiveness turning into revengefulness and brawls. A deeper study of history tells us that many wars in this world resulted from one kingdom competing with another to be the bigger and more affluent one. Thus, such an attitude causes bitterness and conflict.

On the other hand, when people decide to work jointly, they can create monumental things, for they are in harmony, which enhances happiness, efficiency, and creativity. Consequently, when people work without being concerned about what others are doing, they can express their true selves and create beautifully.

To sum up, there is no reason for children to be competitive, for there are many disadvantages in bringing up a generation striving to be better than others. However, there are many edges of cooperating as it makes us stronger.