More very cool and thoughtful writing from Val Whiting: "Failure can be steppingstone to success."

How can our children reap the benefits of sports and competition if we constantly prevent exposure to failure?

It is only natural to want to prevent our children from feeling pain. I surveyed a few fellow moms. Although they felt the need to protect their child from disappointment, they forced themselves to allow it to happen.

You might want to bookmark the site which, at the bottom of the article, has the following info: Val Whiting is a former Ursuline, Stanford and WNBA player who works as an athletic performance enhancement specialist. She co-owns GameShape in Wilmington. Her column appears biweekly in The News Journal. Contact her at Contact her at info@valwhiting.com.