Depressing News For Dads.

Tyler Cowen of Marginal Revolution discusses a study that should be sobering news for us dads. From the study:

Children rate their fathers as among their least popular playmates because they are too competitive, according to research among more than 1,000 youngsters. They "played to win", lacked imagination or were simply at a loss as to how to play games, said the Children's Play Council, which commissioned the survey with the Children's Society.

Children up to the age of 12 would rather play with their friends, their mother or their brothers and sisters. Only one in 16 chose their fathers as their ideal companion. Dads were rated slightly above grandparents (one in 33). One in 50 children said they would rather play on their own.

I hope my daughter won't feel that way. Good thing we lawyers aren't more competitive than the population at large....