Reply to "Participation Trophies"

stanwood100+ posts

I don't know if participation trophies are good or bad in the long term. I do know that sometimes they are good though...

I have a picture with my son and daughter in it after a ti kwan do meet. They were both holding trophies. My daughter had a grin on her face from ear to ear. My son had a scowl on his face like some bigger kid had just taken his toy. He won second place in the tournament and my daughter won the dreaded participation trophy. She was thrilled and he was p*ssed that he didn't win the 1st place trophy. If it had been the other way around my son would have thrown his right into the garbage.

I don't really know what that says about participation trophies per se but that it works some kids and others it's an insult. It can't be all bad.

2/28/125:56 PM

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