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Games That Teach Cooperation
Episode 44
Tyler and Mason fighting over shepherd staff again. Course they are. These two compete over who breathes more oxygen probably.
I grab the thing away from both of them. Nobody gets to be shepherd until you figure out how to work together for five minutes.
They look at me like I asked them to solve calculus. Work together? What's that mean?
Hit me right then. We spend all this time teaching kids to compete. Be first. Win everything. But when do we actually teach cooperation? Like never.
Tonight we're diving into games that force kids to actually help each other instead of destroying each other. Human knots that turn enemies into teammates. Tower building where you can't succeed alone. Balloon games where everyone wins or everyone loses.
Plus what happens when you make it impossible to be a one-person show. And why Tyler and Mason are still jerks sometimes but now they're cooperative jerks.
Fair warning: your competitive kids might have small mental breakdowns when they realize they actually need other people.
For teachers tired of refereeing fights over crayons, leaders who want kids to help instead of hurt each other, and anyone ready to watch magic happen when cooperation actually works.
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