Should Participation Rewards Be Allowed For Everyone?

Participation trophies send a dangerous message. I have many trophies,but i worked hard for these trophies. Everyone on my team deserves my team. For the people who think giving out the same award at the end of the year to all the children; i am  sorry to inform you that your hurting the child more than not giving the child the trophy at all. Children need to know the importance of working hard than someone else. In life you do not make the same amount as your boss makes just because you show up on time everyday. Why would the kids who just show up to practice everyday vs the kids the more elite kids get the same reward. Life does not work like that.

- James Harrison. If participation trophies were gone, then when kids got trophies, they would actually be proud of it. They would know that they got a trophy for something they did, not just show up. Trophies should be handed out for 3rd place, 2nd place, and 1st place.

Imagine being on a baseball, soccer, ect. Team and getting a trophy for just being there. Say you practiced non stop to be really good at that sport but when it is time to get rewarded everyone gets a trophy, even the kids who never practice or hit the ball. How would that make you feel? It would probably make you upset because you put your time and effort into practice. Recently people have been arguing over if kids should or should not get trophies for just showing up. There are multiple reasons I do not think kids should get trophies for just showing up.

Participation trophies boost youth athlete's self-confidence. In "Pros And Cons: A Look At Participation Trophies For Youth Athletes", by: Travis Armideo, giving everyone involved some level of recognition goes a long

Participation trophies only hurt kids. These trophies have been given out in many sports for decades but they do not mean much to older children. Something as simple as golden painted plastic will not keep a child playing for long after their first years. Children must also be taught how to compete early on. These trophies create a lack of competition in youth athletes and should not be given to children above the age of ten to help teach them life skills and to protect them from struggling in their future lives when they will have to compete for jobs.

"trophies for all " policy youth athletes are being rewarded with participation trophies. Should all youth athletes get participation trophies? Should the participation trophies get taken away from all youth athletes? Should youth athletes never get participation trophies? But will Youth Athletes want to come back to the game if they don't receive a participation trophy?

I understand that kids need to have some type of recognition for at least participating in an activity rather than not being involved. Yet I do not believe that handing out participation trophies to

All across America, you see the topic of “Should children be receiving participation trophies” being brought up. The idea that all kids should get some reward for being a part of the game and helping it grow. To some, it seems like an excellent idea, but to others not as much. For example, NFL linebacker James Harrison took his children 's participation trophies and gave them back to their coaches saying "EARN a real trophy." Other parents believe that their children deserve to be praised and want them to feel good for doing something they have worked hard. So which side is correct? Should we give our kids these trophies or not?

Should everyone get a trophy? According to the "Trophies for all" policy , youth athletes, youth athletes are being awarded with participation trophies. Giving trophies to everyone is sending the wrong message .As well as Extrinsic motivation is more harmful than helpful. Not everyone is a winner so why award those who don't win? Some might reply this, "Is their anything wrong with giving a kid a trophy that says good job?"

Participation trophies are the worst things that ever happened to society! Most sports are rewarding undeserving trophies that are giving a false hope to the “winners”. The sports that are giving out participation trophies are teaching the athletes who don’t try that it’s fine, and is making them think that everyone owes them something. Children who don’t try and don’t care about the sport they are playing don’t deserve a trophy. In an interview with Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck, she comments that kids should not be given trophies simply for participating, “Her daughter rarely showed up for her soccer team.

First there are reasons that people should get participation trophies. A couple of these are to make kids be more confident. From earning a participation trophy, kids will believe that they have done something valuable and it will make them feel admirable about themselves. Also these trophies will motivate kids to maybe work harder in the sport at hand. The trophies can make the kids want more trophies which therefore can make them want to work tough for more. This is why some people may believe that there should be participation trophies.

Sports for young kids are very fun and active so you all can get a trophy and be active but It is one of the worst thing you could do. Some people think you should get a participation trophy and other people think you should not get a participation trophy for losing. I think you should not get a participation for losing because one thing it will cost a lot of money to buy all the trophy and you should try to win and get first or second so you can get a trophy like a champion ship or get a runner up trophy.

Student athletes in extracurricular activities should not receive participation trophies. This is because the system would be incredibly redundant and an embarrassing display. Firstly, it creates a sense of false motivation that leads to entitlement. However, the trophies could not motivate the athlete to go above and beyond the next time around. Lastly, these "trophies" would reward those that did not try as hard as those that put more work and effort into the sport.

You get last place in your tournament. The coach walks up to you looking disappointed and hands you a trophy. You look down at the trophy confused on how you go it and notice that it reads “participation”, but why hand out a trophy if you didn’t really earn it? A popular issue today is whether or not participation trophies should be given out to young athletes. There isn’t a right or wrong answer to this debate, however I believe that it is wrong for these no good trophies to be handed out. Here are some of the reasons on why I believe this.

I believe in early age of 4-8 participation rewards are a benefit to the child. The recognition of being there for your team and learning the rules are very important in the early years of life. After this time, I do not agree with participation trophies. Each person then needs to earn the trophy and understand their individual efforts can help a team. These behaviors assist children to understand how their effort or lack of effort can positively or negatively define the outcome. I believe that if participation trophies are given all the way through a child’s life; it can negatively affect their behaviors in today’s workforce