Explain Why Kids Should Be Allowed To Get An Award Essay

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Kids are being given participation awards and trophies even if they lost or didn't even show up half the time and it could lead to failure down the road in higher level sports kids today are being given the same award as everyone else is even if they lose or win and it could hurt them later in the future it is not good for them because it makes them soft, it's not fair to the kids who win, and it teaches no sportsmanship and that they don't have to try hard to be successful in sports.

Yes it is nice to give all the little kids awards because we want them to be happy and make them feel special, but what we don’t see is that it is harmful for them. It is not good to being giving the awards because of the way it is making the kids think on how hard they need to try to get a award. It is making them soft because if we are just giving them awards for showing up what are we teaching them? It makes them think that I don't need to try hard in the sport because I automatically get a trophy anyway. A study shown by doctor Robert trans from the University of Washington studied and ran a test asking young men that if they got last in sport but still got
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Again it is making them soft. It's taking away their motivation to try hard in life which will affect them later down the road. Also what is it doing to teach them sportsmanship? If the kids don't learn to lose then they will be a sore loser when they get into high school level sports. We want our kids to feel special but they need to deserve it first. Example James Harrison is a linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers and his sons play football together well they all got a participation trophy and he took the trophies away from them because he said that his sons will not be rewarded for something they lost at or did not try hard