So far, my son is not competitive. At all. There is not a stirring of passion inside him for 'being first' or 'beating someone' or 'being the best' at something. You cannot get a competitive rise out of him, no matter what you do or say. Even dangling the superiority of a two year old in front of him* has no effect whatsoever. It makes me worry.
Silly, I know. As much as I'm ever so pleased for him to be that self-contained, I worry that he'll be left behind in this ridiculously competitive society of ours. It's not that I want my children to be society's definition of 'successful', but I want them to be financially secure and unphased. To be able to do everything in life that pleases them. To live with joy. And I suppose part of me thinks that monetary success is tied up with that. Which falls out of a good job and a good education and good connections with people... so, I guess, being 'up there' is important, yes? No? Yes, no, yes... I don't know. It worries me that I don't know.
I guess the question is, really, will it worry him?
Is it possible to be too easy going? Am I being silly?
* I would never do this.