What happens when children compete is that they learn their strengths and weaknesses. They see the results for themselves. They don't have to have the results explained to them. Competition is merely a fact of life. Competition begins early in life and continues until death. It's a matter of health. Competition is a honing technique. It makes us keen, lean, and more insightful. It merely keeps us alive sometimes, and gives us advantages over those who would harm us at other times.
Because competition is natural in both socialization and specialization of the species, many parents and organizations do an injustice to children to intervene and try to make the playing field level. It's not - it's naturally not. Learning about competition early allows for specialization. Forcing a leveling principle on children only perpetuates a lackadaisical mentality and leads to latent ability too long into adulthood hampering the competitive edge.
That edge is the name of the game for us to be our best, to go our farthest length, to live a satisfied life.
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