Decided to check out a new kid of mini golf the morning before the conference started. We went to a PuttShack. Definitely a new mini golf experience. The ball is linked to you and the computer keeps track of how many times you hit the ball. The course is also computerized and a bit like a pinball course because getting the ball in certain areas will give you bonus points and in other areas will give you penalty points. One hole had a trivia question and multiple holes and you hit the ball into the hall that went with your answer to the trivia question. It was a lot of fun but having a screen with your score at each hole made it harder to convince our kids to ignore the score and just enjoy the challenge of the game. So…my goal was to just make sure I lost…but we got to the last hole and I was 1 stroke ahead of Cas. I figured, no problem, I’ll just take an extra stroke to get my ball in…but then the last hole was rigged in such a way that I couldn’t force myself to lose so…instead we got to coach Cas through the losing experience which was probably a good learning experience for him anyway. And he still wants to do another PuttShack sometime if we get the chance.
Have you ever tried to lose on purpose to promote peace? Or worked hard to help someone other than yourself win?
Returning to Paradise 
Oh that looks/sounds like fun! Yes, we’ve let the kiddos win when they were younger. It’s definitely a phase I remember. Nowadays they are usually pretty good about being able to lose.
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That’s a new way to mini golf! My answer is similar to Heavenstobetty; they’ve gotten much better at losing and congratulating the other person for winning. We started playing Monopoly again and we call it “no mercy playing,” meaning each player plays to win. That wasn’t the case when they were smaller; usually ended in tears or passing a card to help the younger one win. lol
Great job on teaching a valuable lesson!!
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