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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i didn't allow my kids to accept them.[/quote]

Mostly true for us as well. If the adults were insistent, she accepted it, but gave them away. She still resists the hoopla over just showing up.[/quote]

So rude, do you encourage her to give back other gifts she doesn’t like?[/quote]

+1 So rude. Honestly what happened to teaching graciousness?[/quote]

+2  Personally, I never saw the trophy as a kind of fake award, it's just a memento of the season.  Accept it graciously, keep it if you want or don't.  [/quote]

When kids are little, it's a memento. But when/if they earn trophies and medals, at least for my kids, they see the old participation trophies as meaningless. Probably because they have other mementos that are more meaningful. Like tshirts. So many freaking tshirts. At least the tshirts store easily. [/quote]

they are just as bad.  I try to donate them but most of the time they go into the trash.  My boys do not want to wear a t-shirt from some tournament[/quote]

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