Kids should keep score because of the competitiveness and because in life there is a winner and a loser and they have to learn that sooner or later. To start, the Rec. league should keep score because if they do, it gives the kids a sense of competitiveness. For instance, when little kids don’t keep score they might become noncompetitive according to Men's Journal “A product of the self-esteem movement, parents and coaches today feel obligated to heap