The OP says many things that are good ideas. I disagree about eliminating competition but would encourage more ethics. Presently we have too many people who only value winning and define winning by having more stuff and or money than anybody else.

Kids need to compete and need to feel winning and or losing and know that losing in a competition is not the end of the world but possibly a learning moment.

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