Should Kids Give Kids Participation Trophy's?

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There has been a long discussion in society on weather or not kids should receive participation trophies. The people that disagree with giving kids participation trophy's say that giving kids participation trophy's will hurt them later in life by not teaching them the values of hard work. However the people that agree with giving kids participation trophy's say that they can make kids feel good and raise there self esteem. I agree with not giving participation trophy's because the value of hard work is very important.

I believe that my side is right because later in life when kids are trying out for high school sports there not going to be guaranteed a spot on the team. There is a chance that they could be cut and some kids don't realize

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