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The next carnival will be hosted here at About.com Homeschooling. Submissions are due by Monday at 6 p.m. I look forward to reading your submissions.

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Kristen asked an interesting question in the Homeschooling Forum.

My two oldest boys are close in age and have always been competitive. My husband is also very competitive so maybe that's where they get it (or maybe it's just a guy thing). They love competing in sports and video games - they'll even make up games and ways to compete. So, in our homeschool, I have made certain things "competitive -ish" such as who can collect the most reward stickers or who can name the most states without messing up. They seem to really enjoy it and they're learning, too. In the process of making flash cards for yet another competitive game, I started to wonder if so much competition - especially within family - is good. Sure, they have a lot of fun doing it, but am I teaching them something that will hurt them in the future?

What do you think? Am I utilizing or antagonizing?

Share your thoughts here or in the forum.

Next week the Carnival of Homeschooling will be celebrating its 3rd anniversary. Make the celebration exceptional by sending in your submissions for the biggest carnival ever. Henry and Janine Cate of WhyHomeschool are the coordinators for the Homeschooling Carnival and will be personally hosting this special edition.