Participation Trophies Send A Dangerous Message Analysis

Throughout the article “Participations Trophies Send a Dangerous Message”, by Betty Berden, she talks about her own history in the collection of trophies. In paragraph 1 Mrs. Berden introduces the reader to the danger of participation trophies, “They do not mean much to me because I know that identical trophies sit in other children’s rooms all over town…”, the author describes her own personal life and experience with the trophies. Mrs. Berden explains how she has received such a large quantity of participation trophies that they now mean very little to her because they require very little to achieve. Written in paragraph 2 the author explained, “Regardless of individual effort or superior skills, all who participate receive equal acknowledgement. “,should it be fair for one person to excel and go above the rest but everybody receives the praise? In the sentence before, the author mentions how the skilled players get slighted in terms of treatment because they get the same rewards as everybody lower skilled. The message “We are all winners” will become ingrained into kid’s minds because that

In paragraph 4 Mr. Abate prompted, “Watching a peer receive a trophy and not receiving one yourself can be degrading”, no kid wants to see somebody be awarded a trophy but not get rewarded themselves. If a child loses interest because they never receive a trophy they might stop playing the game or stop participating in the team building activities. Parker Abate also suggested that the trophies should be given because of the time, dedication, and effort they put in to being on the team and playing on the team, “These kids dedicate time, effort and enthusiasm, and they deserve to have something tangible to make them feel that their participation was worthwhile”, it would seem unfair to have the kids give so much for