The Importance Of Rewarding

If everyone’s a winner, then is there ever a true winner? After a season of any sport, every child is handed out an award. Whether or not they actually deserved it is the true question. They claim that the child needs to be encouraged and build their self- esteem. Build it through what, lies? “You lost and I can see that you didn’t try your best, but here, take this piece of plastic that’s supposed to build your confidence.” In reality, they are not being rewarded for their hard work, they are being rewarded for merely showing up and paying their dues. Participation trophies are being handed out like candy at a parade, creating a sense of happiness. But what good does happiness do if it disappears after only a miniscule amount of time? Participation …show more content…
To see their child happily skipping towards them with a well-deserved award in their possession elicits a sense of pride, praise, and pure joy. If a child is a winner they should be rewarded, it’s as simple as that. But by giving every child a prize we are robbing them of the valuable lessons that can be learned from losing. Although it may seem harmless to want your child to always be happy, not letting them experience loss and failure on their own is one of the most harmful things a parent can …show more content…
Whatever children are taught at a young age continues to grow with them as they become adults. In the workplace, employees are expected to do their tasks correctly without any extra incentive, but if they have grown up always expecting something in return for anything they do then those expectations are unbelievably excessive. New Orleans CityBusiness states that millennials in the workplace need constant praise in order to be successful and stay focused. Without babying adults the only way work is expected to be completed is if the pencils jump out of their containers and do it themselves, wiping sweat from their brow as they go. Adults don’t need to be rewarded for doing what is expected of them, they should be able to monitor and manage themselves, but because they were given worthless trophies as children they have learned to expect awards well into their later years.
Our society is on one wild roller coaster ride. For years the only direction we have been going is straight down, but I believe that the direction can be changed. We are able to pick ourselves up and head for success. The first step is to simply stop handing out false confidence in the form of a cheap trophy. Teach children what it really means to succeed, what it really means to win, and what it really means to lose. If we continue to freely hand