Should Participation Trophies Be Allowed

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There are so many reasons why Participation Trophies should be taken out of existence here are a few reasons why.
Kids and teens should not receive participation trophies for a number of reasons. For starters may cause kids to think too highly of themselves because they get a reward for participating. It also might have the complete opposite effect and make kids think too lowly of themselves. If you think about it it makes sense why that would be the case because they might think all they are good at is participating which is a bad thing and can cause suicide. You see when have you ever been excited to receive a participation trophy that's right you are always ecstatic and are so happy why even play the game if you can sit there and pick dandelions

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