It’s very funny to see how my boys have taken to the Olympics.

They are absolutely obsessed with all things SPORT – in particular the idea of racing to see who will be the champion. It seems that they are rather fixated with WINNING.

And while I’m trying to tell them that “Sport is not all about winning”, they will sit in front of the TV and imitate all the athletes and their Gold Medal Reactions – that is, all the air punching, arm pumping, whooping and cheering, big smiles and jumping in the air. It’s very funny.

In fact, they have been imitating everything they see on the Olympic channel – from the athletes who cry when they win, to athletes who shake their heads in distraught, to those who curl over with muscle injuries, to those who hug their team mates.

It’s strange to think that my children are learning these “sporting behaviours” from the sporting champions themselves.

My dad went to a State Olympic Team Event and came home with two souvenir Beijing medals. Of course the boys were thrilled out of their socks.

And the house has seen non-stop victory dances since then.

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