I suspect our generation was actually pushed into a lot of competitive activities we knew perfectly well we weren't suited for, more the satisfaction of the adults around us than for ourselves
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frankly we've gotten to take it from both ends, first with "you're going, it builds character" and then with "I suppose you expect a ribbon for showing up"
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Participation trophies are rewards parents give themselves.
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yes, it's more for the parental signaling value than anything.
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That's always been my thought as well. We didn't construct those gold plastic statutes ourselves, boomer.
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So good.
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participation trophies, to me, were shameful, awards for losing
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Definitely blame parents
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My hot take is that participation trophies are good—literature on child psychology shows that rewarding kids for effort is the most important thing to generate long term good habits, rather than praising them based on outcome
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The biggest conceptual mistake of the participation trophy critique is that it assumes everyone gets a participation trophy—but you don’t! Most people don’t participate! The distinction is between participants and non-participants
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