Competition has always been the prime driving factor of success for students in an academic setting. It pushes an individual to their limits and brings out the best in them. But sometimes, this competition can be the factor which is holding them back from co-operating with others.
In an academic setting, competition could possibly set children for success. But when the competition becomes toxic , it could have a multitude of negative effects on the child. The prime effect when a child indulge themselves in a toxic competition, is that they might lose their chances to form a genuine, deep connection with their peers, which might leave them feeling lonely. And it drastically decreases the chance of them forming a connection or a relationship in their adult life.
When a child fails to meet the standards that they set for themselves to beat their peers in a competition, it might cause the feelings of envy and jealousy in them and it destroys their current relationship with their peers. And sometimes the child is not able to win the competition, it can drastically reduce their confidence in themselves. Sometimes the competition gets so toxic that the children might put their entire self worth on winning that competition. This way children will develop the tendency of making everything a competition, which is a really toxic urge.
On the other hand competition will push the child and bring the best in them, but only when the competition is healthy and simultaneously teaches the children to cooperate with others. And when the competition is healthy, the consistency of their winning becomes persistent, and there are instances in life where working as a team is mandatory for task tackling and in those situation it is not ideal if people competed with each other.
To sum up, competition could help the child to succeed, but competition without cooperation is not healthy