Persuasive Essay: Should Every Kid Get A Trophy?

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Should Every Kid Get a Trophy?

Playing the game is already so much fun. All the trophy does is collect dust on your selves. It's one thing If you actually win and earn the trophy, but participation trophies make it all so much worse. Why can’t you just congratulate your child in words rather than a trophy. Studies have shown a lot more about the dangers of participation trophies. Every kid should not get a trophy.
First of all, it’s a great lesson that working hard pays off. If you are not willing to work hard then why play? Nobody gets a trophy for life. You have to work hard to earn something like a trophy, you are not just going to get a trophy for nothing.
After all, the only way to win is to work hard. For example, if you lose one

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