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Life is Not Given You're in the semifinals if you win you go to the championship game, but you lost. Should you really get a trophy for trying your best, but still losing?There is a heated debate between rather kids should receive participation trophies or not. I think that kids should not receive an award for showing up. You should not be rewarded for trying at something you signed up for.

There are many reasons for why kids receiving a participation trophy is a bad thing. If you try hard in math, but you fail a test would your teacher just give you an A because you tried your best? The answer to that is no, you will then have to work to improve your grade. So why give them a trophy for trying when it’s not going to do anything for them.
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Mrs Wooley’s AAU basketball lost the championship but still got a trophy Children should not receive participation trophies. In the passage “Participation Trophies Send a Dangerous Message” by Betty Berden she talks about why children should not get a participation award in a sport or activity. Berden explains and reasons why children should not get a participation award and we should take in consideration that children should not get a participation award.

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title Walking off the field with a huge smile on your face from winning. The loser are over there getting trophies for participating and you think wait why I won. Recently there has been a large discussion about should all kids receive participation trophies or not. I think all kids should not receive participation trophies. There are many reasons why all kids should not get a trophy.

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However, coaches believe participation trophies could be worth a few bucks to bring a smile to kids' faces. No, I do not think all athletes should get a trophy just for showing up. Participation trophies give kids the wrong idea that everything in life is just given to you. If kids want a trophy they should have to work hard and earn one. While I know some kids aren't as skilled as others, it does not mean they are unable to put in an effort to earn an award.

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Many people believe they should get participation trophies, but many people believe they should not. I think kids should get participation trophies at young ages only. Participation Trophies should be given out to younger kids for many reasons. Little kids should get participation trophies because it helps boost their self-esteem. It would help kids be kind and caring to other people and kids.

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Should Children Receive Trophies Just For Participating? What are trophies? They are memorable tokens that symbolize hard work and excellence. They are symbols of winners who worked hard to try and reach their goal.

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Why should we raise our children up to believe that just because they showed up to the event they deserve a trophy? We are teaching them that losing is so awful that we can’t let it happen, so everyone gets to be a winner. As a society, we should not give children participation trophies because it is teaching them to accept failure. Trophies

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There has been a recent controversy on whether kids should get participation trophies. People say that they should, but others disagree. The person to start the debate was James Harrison linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He thinks kids shouldn’t get participation trophies, and I agree. I think kids need to learn why getting a trophy for showing up isn’t good.

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If we give out more trophies like this kids will be happy that they got it. When participation trophies are given out every single day each student is going to value it less because they already

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Participation trophies are not beneficial to kids and adults for lots of reasons. They could possibly lead to narcissism. According to CNN, studies have shown that parents that overvalue their kids, the kids are more likely to develop narcissistic traits. “That if you tell a kid that they’re wonderful, and they believe you, then is confirms beliefs and that’s not about a healthy self-esteem, it’s narcissism.”

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It’s true how many adults say that kids are easily impressionable and take lead from parents, guardians, or others around them. What kids are taught from a young age can shape how they view the world, act, respond, and even live. Surprisingly, giving a kid a participation trophy in sports is one of those things that many debates about because giving one to them will depend on how their life is shaped and what lessons they are taught. Not giving a kid a participation trophy in sports is more beneficial in teaching them the lessons of proper effort and winning or losing. It also shows how diminishing hard work which can lead to negative outcomes.

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Participation trophies can be very helpful to elementary kids or very harmful. The effect they have on kids could be destructive. But on the other hand they could be beneficial. Participation trophies are beneficial because they make kids fall in love with playing sports and they boost confidence. Participation trophies make kids fall in love with their sport.

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After receiving trophy after trophy, children will anticipate being rewarded when doing the bare minimum rather than working their hardest to be the number one competitor. According to Betty Berden in “Participation Trophies Send a Dangerous Message” Berden says “We begin to expect awards and praise for just showing up — to class, practice, after-school jobs — leaving us woefully unprepared for reality.”

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Participation Trophies: The Damage That Is Nearly Impossible to Cure Among Today’s Youth The common ending to a game or event for children, sometimes even adults, is the distribution of a trophy or ribbon to all those who participated. Participation trophies affect an adolescent’s motivation. If a trophy is awarded to those that win and those that lose, then there is no real difference between the winners and losers.

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In today’s society, more and more kids are getting participation trophies for doing nothing except showing up. Yes it is important to teach kids to do their best, but being awarded just for being as good as you already are doesn't give kids the motivation to make themselves even better. Why would they want to improve if they already have that shiny trophy? I do not believe that participation trophies should be handed out like they are.

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For multiple reasons, no one should earn a trophy for participation, only if they earned it or won it. The reasons are that the children wouldn 't know that you don 't earn an award for just doing something. You dont earn a reward for making a mistake. Kids would expect to have a reward every time they do something. The trophies would just collect dust on shelves.

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