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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the father is very wise, according to this article ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2015/03/09/parents-stop-overvaluing-your-kid-you-may-create-a-future-narcissist-study-says/

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Actually, I would think that this article says the opposite:

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“People with high self-esteem think they’re as good as others, whereas narcissists think they’re better than others,”

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Seems to me that having your child see that every kid gets the same award gives the message that all kids are equally valued.  In my experience, parents who argue against participation trophies do so because they expect that their individual kid will get some kind of more meaningful trophy.  If anything, that's the kind of "overvaluing" that the study opposes.[/quote]

This is so on-point. Narcissists must be exceptional; they come from parents who emphasize the importance of dominating others, being the very best--and they usually aren't overpraised. On the contrary, they're told by their parents that they aren't good enough, that others are losers, that they'll also be losers if they don't achieve some arbitrary level of excellence. [/quote]

And the people for participation trophies obviously think all kids/people deserve praise and no one should be singled out ever.  So when little Joey makes every practice/game and pitches no hitters, he should get the same recognition as the kid who shows up to half the games and whines about being too hot to play and asks to sit on the bench. Your political correctness is pathetic and is ruining kids from hard work, striving to be better, etc....  Bare minimum will get you the same as everyone else, is this generation's motto.  [/quote]

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