Many children's sports teams give out participation trophies at the end of every two week long seasons. Children who regularly participate in these sports teams are frequently bringing home many meaningless medals. These trophies are, in most cases detrimental for the youth receiving them. Trophies should not be given to children in this way they eliminate the lessons that can be learned from losing, cause kids to expect praise for minimal work, and are a waste of money for worthless party favors.
Participation awards eliminate lessons that can be learned from losing. Losing is something that happens to everyone in the real world, trophies given for attending these activities convey the message “that losing is so terrible we can never let
Participation awards eliminate lessons that can be learned from losing. Losing is something that happens to everyone in the real world, trophies given for attending these activities convey the message “that losing is so terrible we can never let