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“I don’t think Adam would have saved that baseball if I had given everyone a game ball. After all, an award is not really an award if everyone gets it.”

-https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/should-kids-get-sports-trophies-just-for-showing-up/2015/08/19/517fb40c-3aca-11e5-b3ac-8a79bc44e5e2_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1f259d73ec5d

“Trophies used to be awarded only to winners, but are now little more than party favors: reminders of an experience, not tokens of true achievement. When awards are handed out like candy to every child who participates, they diminish in value. If every soccer player receives a trophy for merely showing up to practice and playing in games, the truly exceptional players are slighted. The same applies to teams. Regardless of individual effort or superior skills, all who participate receive equal acknowledgement.”

-https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/10/06/should-every-young-athlete-get-a-trophy/participation-trophies-send-a-dangerous-message

John Engh, chief operating officer of the National Alliance for Youth Sports, says his organization’s message to coaches and administrators is that anything that encourages young kids to continue with sports is the right approach. "We have found that, at the younger age levels—under the age of 10—participation recognition can be very significant as it contributes to the enjoyment and greater possibility of continuation in that sport." says Engh.

-https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2016/March/30/Should-Every-Kid-Get-a-Trophy

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1.) Everyone may not deserve a trophy, but it does help some if you encourage them to do better and if they do something good then acknowledge it an let them know your proud. (http://www.jackcentral.org/opinion/does-everybody-really-deserve-a-trophy/article_54f68a22-91ba-11e7-a1ab-47cdc92a29fb.html)
2.) With younger kids you should teach them to know that not everyone gets a trophy but allow them to know they done good and jus because someone got a trophy and they didn't doesn't mean ones better than the other.
(https://www.theodysseyonline.com/not-everyone-deserves-trophy)
3.) let the kids know what they done wrong and help them fix what they done so they can do better an receive a trophy (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/learning/do-we-give-children-too-many-trophies.html)

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Technology has become an issue.Not only makes you happy but people is addicted to the internet. You can be happy playing games or texting friends or you can be depressed. (Cyberbulling/sexting/threat

And bad pictures on the internet is a big) issue.    www.verywellmind.com/internet-addiction-4157289

Also more car accidents in this generation all because technology.People texting and driving and not paying attention to their phone.More concentrated on it then the road, which prevents car accidents and deaths( A car driver reaching , dialing ,talking, texting while driving can lead to a car crush). https://www.rvcc-inc.org/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=43752

Technology will cause you to change your moods.

Makes you focus on the internet more and digital media,and  be unable to control how much time you spend .( Also show withdrawal symptoms when not using the internet or technology ,and continue using the internet or technology even when it affects their relationships , neglect their social , work , or even school life).https://www.healthline.com/health/addiction/gaming-and-technology#symptoms

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trophies are often bent on teaching their kids that life has “winners” and “losers,”

coach tons of world-class athletes, and the pride they feel from a big win doesn’t come from a ring, or a trophy, and it doesn’t come from someone else telling them they’re the best.

The pride comes from doing what they love and being the best at it.

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·     Inflates a child’s ego, which in turn makes the child think that they are better than they really are.

·     Makes constructive criticism more like demeaning comments to a child, hindering their ability to improve.

Participation trophies can make a child entitled when they don’t get rewarded for trying, even though they did not win.

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1. That no matter if they win or lose in life they should be given a reward? That the ones who barely show up for practice, give half-hearted effort on the field and show no passion for whatever game they are playing should get a prize? I think not. This kind of entitled attitude not only leads kids to expect a reward for any effort given but also diminishes the concept and prestige of even receiving a trophy.

2. Thus letting kids lose, or not take home the trophy, isn’t about embarrassing children. It’s about teaching them it can take a long time to get good at something, and that’s all right. Kids need to know they don’t have to win every time. It’s O.K. to lose, to make a mistake.

3. Another reason to defend trophies for everyone is that, at a time when parents complain of the escalating competition in youth sports, they remind kids that we value their effort, regardless of ability or results. Participation trophies tell them that what matters is showing up for practice, learning the rules and rituals of the game and working hard.

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What are we teaching our kids? That no matter if they win or lose in life they should be given a reward? That the ones who barely show up for practice, give half-hearted effort on the field and show no passion for whatever game they are playing should get a prize? I think not. This kind of entitled attitude not only leads kids to expect a reward for any effort given but also diminishes the concept and prestige of even receiving a trophy.

We are all winners. This message is repeated at the end of each sports season, year after year, and is only reinforced by the collection of trophies that continues to pile up. We begin to expect awards and praise for just showing up — to class, practice, after-school jobs — leaving us woefully unprepared for reality. Outside the protected bubble of childhood, not everyone is a winner.

Should every kid who participates in youth sports get a trophy or medal? This question stirs lots of emotions among athletes, parents, and coaches, and has generated untold number of discussions about the culture of competition in youth sports and the value placed on winning and losing. Recently, there’s been a strong backlash against what is derisively called a ‘trophy mentality.’ But these arguments can often miss some important context about the importance of being inclusive to young athletes and rewarding their efforts even when they haven’t begun to master skills yet.

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1.Recently, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker and scary human-being James Harrison made waves when he took away his sons’ participation trophies. The general public was slightly appalled at the act, but as Harrison said, he was proud of everything his sons did and accomplished, but they didn’t EARN the trophies, and so they were being returned.

2.Not everyone is a winner. It’s simply a fact, as typically 95% of all participants fail to capture a championship in any given sport or season.

3.For young athletes, it is very easy to lose interest in a sport if they’re not winning, which is why many leagues don’t even keep score at the youngest levels

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https://www.alfiekohn.org/article/trophyfury/ 1. But of course the animosity is actually prompted by a broader conviction that children are indulged and overcelebrated in various ways, spared from having to confront the full impact of their inadequacy. (English please who ever typed this)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2015/09/01/everyones-a-winner-and-other-lies/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9add8569e7f1 2. We are, as a society, kidding ourselves and selling our children short, if we truly believe that children cannot tell (at the beginning, at least) when they deserve something. Before we fill their heads with catch phrases like, “There are no losers when you play hard,” or “Everyone gets a medal for trying their hardest!”

https://www.npr.org/2015/10/18/449157332/the-kids-have-spoken-discipline-helps-trophies-for-everyone 3. Good news for "mean" moms and dads out there: Nearly 8 out of 10 kids say they think discipline helps them behave better, a survey by children's magazine Highlights has found. And 60 percent give participation trophies — derided by some as a reward for just showing up — a thumbs up.

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All-pro linebacker James Harrison of the Pittsburgh Steelers doesn’t think so. When his 8- and 6-year-old sons came home with trophies for showing up at a camp, Harrison made them take the “participation trophies” back.
Harrison explained on Instagram, “While I am very proud of my boys for everything they do . . . these trophies will be given back until they EARN a real trophy.”

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Not everyone agrees with Harrison. I spoke with Brian Sanders, the president of i9 Sports, an organization that runs more than 500 youth sports leagues. Sanders said i9 Sports leagues give participation awards at the end of the season to its athletes younger than 14. (They also give awards for good sportsmanship and to division champions.)
With so many kids dropping out of sports because it’s not fun, Sanders and i9 Sports think they should “do everything to keep the kids playing.” Participation awards encourage kids. And, as Sanders explained, “showing up is part of being on a team.”
I am somewhere in the middle. I think it’s okay to give young kids a small award for playing on a team. But as kids grow up — when they’re age 10 and older — trophies and similar prizes should be given only for a winning season or for outstanding play or hustle.

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I’ve coached more than 30 kids’ teams, and one of the things I discovered is that playing sports encourages kids to improve. Awards that are earned can help.
On my baseball and softball teams, I gave the game ball to the player who made the outstanding defensive play in the game. This encouraged the kids to try to make a great play instead of trying to avoid making a mistake.

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1: The people who denigrate these trophies are often bent on teaching their kids that life has “winners” and “losers,” but this can also be a tricky matter. The science suggests that we need to be praise our kids on process, not results.

2:  instead of dealing with defeat by telling our kids that “everyone’s a winner at heart,” we should praise them for how hard they hustled, what they did right and how they improved.

3: But it’s not just the “losers” we need to worry about; it’s the “winners” too. Phrases like “You’re a winner” or “You’re a natural” can actually be toxic to how kids deal with losing

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1. In fact, many admitted that instead of hurting their self-esteem and causing great emotional stress, the public exam results actually relieved pressure.

2. The National Honor Society, however, “claimed school administrators want everyone to feel included in graduation and not single students out.”

3. A” grades, which once conveyed excellence, are now given to 43 percent of all college students, according to a study by grade-inflation gurus Stuart Rojstaczer and Christopher Healy. This is an increase of a staggering 28 percentage points since 1960 and 12 percentage points since 1988.