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Trophy Nation: How handing out trophies, regardless of success, may cause failure.

nctarheel0619

By nctarheel0619,
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d-dave Veteran

d-dave

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It's not trophies that makes kids wusses. It's the enabling parenting. Discipline gives kids self esteem. Think about it, when a kid knows that their hardwork in practice leads to their ultimate victory or defeat, they will have a greater degree of confidence. Same with school work, martial arts, etc.

Trophies are great, participation at a young age is great (hence all 5 year olds getting a trophy); because we all want kids to do something they can be proud of as they age. The more ownership they have, the more they will love it. From there they will learn the lessons about sportsmanship, dedication, and how to be successful.

Helicopter parenting doesn't help, only hurts.

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Do they give trophies for sitting inside and playing video games all day? I'm pretty sure that is all kids do these days.

 

I remember not keeping score in t-ball and being infuriated. Why in the world would you play the game if you don't keep score. That is the entire point of a game... otherwise its called practice and, like studying, practice is for people that are inferior.

Actually, yes we do.

www.finalround.org
www.kumiteintennessee.com
evo.shoryuken.com
www.ceogaming.com
www.thefallclassicnc.com

But we only give the trophies to the winners, along with thousands of dollars in winnings. :)

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