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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Guess what, life is 95% about showing up prepared, not winning.

Some of you are cruel to your kids and you think you’re doing them a favor.[/quote]

I agree, except the kids get the trophies for just paying the Registration Fee.  We have tons from baseball.  The entire team gets them.  Doesn’t matter how many games you have played.  Doesn’t matter if you miss practice.

My 11 year old still keeps his [b]but I gently remind him that they’re not really for anything special [/b](versus when he won a medal for something he actually [b]earned[/b]).  [/quote]
What a jerk.  Why?  Why would you say this?  Why can't he come to his own conclusions about it?[/quote]

Yeah. The kid who doesn't get the medal could be working [i]three [/i]times as hard as yours because he doesn't have whatever it is you child was genetically gifted with. It's not as if they all start on a level playing field; some kids are taller, stronger, have better vision, don't have asthma, whatever.

That said, I want them to be medals or ribbons that can be kept in a memento box. [/quote]

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