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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just think kids don't learn how to lose anymore. Losing gracefully is a very important skill. In life you're rarely going to be #1 and that's okay. I think participation trophies take away the intrinsic knowledge that you tried something, it was fun and that that is enough. [/quote]

OP here. I agree that kids need to learn how to lose. I just don't agree that participation trophies is the problem. [b]Kids aren't idiots[/b]. They see that everyone got a trophy so they know they weren't the winner. I have a bigger issue with the fact that my kids got all the way through ES without ever racing their classmates. When dd was trying to decide whether or not to take track in MS, i found out that she had no idea if she was among the fastest or slowest in her ES class. I took track in MS because I knew that I was one of the fastest, so that was a talent I wanted to pursue. When we don't let kids compete, we don't let them discover their natural talents.[/quote]

I think the bigger problem is that with the young kid set (ages 4 - about 6), it is the parents who are the idiots. They are the ones that make a big deal out of participation trophies, as though it means something.

To me, though, just showing up at practice and games for a few weeks is not enough to be rewarded with a trophy. That is the minimum required. So they tried something new -- do you want them to get a reward, thus having to be bribed, to do that every time?

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