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I feel like participation rewards/trophies are very stupid. Kids will never learn to lose and they will never learn how to be a good sport

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I disagree with Abby because kids will already know they were on the team with or without a trophy. While they may not do harm for most people they still end up being a waste of money for something kids forget about in a week.

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I can tell were both sides of the view on the participation trophy comes from. I can see how it is a good thing because it encourages kids to play even if they were't the best on the team and didn't get to play that much. But I can also see how it is bad for them because it is teaching them that even if you do bad at something you get rewarded, when that shouldn't be the truth you should have to work harder and better yourself.

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I don't think everyone should get a trophy because it would make the real winner feel less of a winner and makes them and others under perform. It feels pointless and not really awarding. Things should be earned, not given.

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"Your thoughts, attitudes, values, and beliefs show in your life and your kids learn a lot through what they live with you. A trophy does not have any of that"
I think all that matters is if a kid likes what they do. It is about their attitude toward the activity and if they are happy then they do not need a participation trophy to show it.

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I feel that participation awards should be given as a kid throughout elementary school but during middle school and up it should be weened off until it is not expected and you get awards for actually working hard and beating everyone else. What's the point of hard work if you can win by doing nothing

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I feel that participation awards should be given as a kid throughout elementary school but during middle school and up it should be weened off until it is not expected and you get awards for actually working hard and beating everyone else. What's the point of hard work if you can win by doing nothing

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I agree with Clare that participation trophies can set some kids up for failure but I think they are more pointless than harmful. While some kids do become self entitled the majority of kids know the real score and don't care about the trophies. The kids will still know they were on the team without the trophy so in the end they end up being a waste of money.

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I personally think that kids should receive participant trophies because they're just kids, who wants to make kids sad? - Nervin Alagic

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Do you think participation trophies make kids lazier and make them feel as if they don't even have to do good in order to  achieve things?

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I think not only do participation trophy's make some kids feel entitled, but they are also pointless for the kids who know that they really lost and don't have any real benefit. I remember when I was younger you had to go to the post season to get a trophy and that made me want to work harder to get there, but if I got the same trophy just for playing then the trophy for qualifying for post season wouldn't have as much meaning.

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"Whether your kids get a trophy for participation or not does not determine their attitude toward hard work or earning their way. Your attitude toward those things is a far bigger influence..." I agree because I think if parents take away participation trophies then kid may get discouraged from continuing whatever they got an award for.

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I can see both sides of the argument, let the kids be happy, let them be proud. Yet, I can see the other side which is saying that kids shouldn't be rewarded for doing nothing. They should earn their trophies

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I think kids should get participation trophies because to me it isn't doing any harm. I got them when i was younger and it just made me happy. It showed that I was on the team and that i played well that season. There is no harm in getting a participation trophies.

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I agree with Clare because a participation trophy is just for showing up the kid did not really accomplish anything and so I think this will create a bad habit when they get older.

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Do you think James Harrison was wrong for taking away his sons participation trophies?

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I don't think kids should get participation trophies. I feel like it will set kids up for failure if we give them trophies and they think they are good, but when they get older and try to make a job out of it they will get let down.

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Is it a bad thing that participation trophies are given out even though they make kids happy?

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I think that kids should get a participation trophy until they reached a certain age (around the start of middle school)

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I don't think participation trophies are the best option for children because at a young age they are then taught to be rewarded without necessarily earning it, which can cause a bad habit to arise for them in the future.

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People have different family values so they have different opinions about participation trophies. I think no one's family values are better or worse, they're just different.

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Do you think that they shouldn't give out participation trophies?

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I found it interesting that they compared the costs of sports and the amount of money they spend to whether or not the child should receive a participation trophy. They're saying that since families pay a lot of money for the sport, the child should at least receive a trophy.

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Do we stop giving children participation trophies altogether? And if we don't, do we stop at a certain age?