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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only ones who thinknitis an actual award is the five to six year old set, and that is okay.[/quote]

Why is that OK? I completely disagree with you. There is no reason to tell a five or six year old into thinking that s/he is a valuable member of the team if s/he has not put in the same amount of effort that other kids have. That's what participation trophies do.  "You're all so special."

Guess what. Some of them are not. Some of them are painful brats who don't want to be there in the first place and make playing the game more difficult for other kids.[/quote]

It's not really telling them "your so special." It's telling them that they showed up every Monday at 7:00 for 6 weeks just like all the other kids. so, just like every other kid, they get a memento.

I think the pp is saying that it's the 5-6 y.o. set that is proud of participating. Not that they think they won. at that age, they realize that trying something new is something to be proud of.[/quote]

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