My personal experience and overview of wrestling as a whole and what it does for kids is anything but negative. You will lose once when you think you should have won, you will win once when you thought you were gonna lose. Same as life and that's what I see as wrestling being the greatest athletic sport teaching life lessons. Team sports are fantastic for kids as well, don't get me wrong, but having no choice but to stand on your own 2 feet all by yourself and accomplish what you set out to accomplish can not be matched. that's inside the circle. Outside the circle there is a community of people who genuinely wish well and root for their previous or even upcoming opponents out of respect because they all know who has put in the work and truly deserve that one shot at greatness. im a proud father right now, but at the same time confident that what the wrestling community and sport has taught my boys will get them through things that only true gut checks and losses can teach you. That in the end you can still come out on top!! And you can beat things that you never thought you could!! just keep grinding!! been a heck of a ride!!