Alyssa Giacobbe doesn't want her boyfriend's four-year-old son to be
a winner. Well, at least not all of the time. And definitely if he
hasn't earned it. 
That's the subject of her Bad Parent essay, entitled "Tough Luck, Kid,"
in which she confesses that she never lets young Noah win at Candyland,
Mario Kart, Memory or any other competitive diversion in which she and
the boy may engage. What Giacobbe describes as her "firm stance on
winning and losing" has ignited some heated comments on the Babble Web
site, many from people who are fired up for reasons that have nothing
to do with board games.
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