Participation Backwards In Childhood

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Imagine being awarded for simply showing up to work or practice, however, the quality of work being achieved may not be as solid when first on the job. Participation trophies only ruining our future generations oppotunities for success. As a result, children recieve a trophy for being a benchwarmer, resulting in them feeling that it is acceptable for them to abandon practicing a improving their skills. This needs to stop.Participation trophies should be eradicated because children’s personal morals may be hindered by over nurturing parents force feeding their kids the thought that everyone should win just for being there, which will most likely follow them into adulthood.
Participation trophies implement the idea that children are excelling at the sport, but in hindsight, the child could be stagnant in developing talent. According to Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck “A child shouldn't have to be the best player on the field to, get a trophy, but it should reward something, like improvement or team spirit.” (Turner) Susan Harter, another psychology professor at the University of Denver asks when we should introduce the fact that there are other children that are better than them (Turner). However, these trophies can help build a solid …show more content…

When adults, they might expect a higher paycheck for just being at work regardless of the quality of work. Participation trophies are setting up children to fail. “ Life is not fair-get used to it. Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not.” (Diller). “ Parents should should take away the fact that they are not giving their children a gift when they tell them how brilliant and talented they are” (Diller). This is saying that parents should be preparing them for the harsh realitiesreal world. Participation trophies are simply hurting children's opportunity for success in

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