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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think he is likely an asshole and doing his kids no favors- I can just imagine them telling the other kids they don't deserve a trophy or it is meaningless. How else would a kid cope?

These participation trophies are merely a memento of your season acknowledging that everyone has contributed. They are kids. It is fine. In this area it is so competitive that most of these kids won't even get to play a team sport in high school.[/quote]

And you sound just like a mom. Which is fine, because I bet you are. But he is a man, a father, and his comment is that "[b]this is how he's teaching his sons to be men[/b]." He is a professional football player in his mid-30s who is still competing and knows what it takes to play at that elite level. And by the way, he himself is the youngest of 14 kids so imagine what that did to his sense of drive and perspective.

I very much like his comment, "sometimes your best isn't good enough." That's exactly right and nothing wrong with kids learning that at an early age. It doesn't mean you're a failure in life or a worthless person. It means that someone will always be chasing you, willing to work harder than you are and may be just more naturally gifted. Get over it.[/quote]

That's his prerogative, of course. But I find it a very limited understanding of manhood.[/quote]

Spoken just like a woman.

This, is a nutshell, is why kids need both a mother and a father in their life.[/quote]

Spoken just like a woman, to say that there is more to manhood than competition? Well, ok.[/quote]

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