In every society and every culture there are things that are done with good intentions, that have negative outcomes. The concept of everybody gets a trophy is one of them. We think that in doing things like not keeping score in sports and giving everybody a trophy, we are helping our children’s self-esteem, we are not. First, even if the adults don’t keep score the children are. I was attending a 6 and 7-year-old baseball game where they didn’t keep score. I asked the kids how things were going and one of the boys .” I asked him how he knew that when they didn’t keep score. He said the grown-up doesn’t keep score, but we do, and right now they have 7 and we have 4. Second when we give everybody the trophy, or we don’t keep score, we are reinforcing the idea that everybody in the same. There are never any winners, and nobody ever loses. We are not helping children to understand the difficult reality that even though you do your best sometimes you fail. When everybody gets the trophy, we are not giving our children a realistic look at the world. Life can be difficult. We don’t always get the trophy. We don’t always win. These are hard lessons to learn, but it is better that our children learn them early so that they do not grow up emotionally immature and ill-prepared to face the realities of life.
Another positive to not always getting the trophy is motivation. Not getting the trophy can motivate our children to work harder and not give up when things get hard. It can teach them about the importance of persevering through difficulty. No parent wants to see their child upset, but as painful as it is to watch our child fail to get the trophy. It will be even more painful to watch them be unable to cope with the difficulties of life. It will be a great pleasure to see them overcome difficulties and grab that trophy that they have truly earned. So let’s stop pretending that everyone gets a trophy because in reality, they don’t. Let remember the great feeling of fulfillment that one gets when they know that they have earned the trophy.
Inserted: a
Inserted: es
Inserted: –
Inserted: –
Inserted: ‘
Inserted: ,
Hellߋ Thеre. I discovered your blog the uѕe of msn. Tһat is
an extremely smartly written article. I’ll Ƅe sure to bookmark іt and return to read more of yoսr helpful іnformation. Thanks
for the post. I wilⅼ definitely return.
It’s actually a nice and helpful piece of info. I’m glad that you shared this useful information with us. Please keep us up to date like this. Thanks for sharing.
I am regular reader, how are you everybody? This paragraph posted at this web site is genuinely nice.
Thank you for helping out, great info. “I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.” by Goldie Hawn.
Hi there, after reading this amazing article
i am too cheerful to share my experience here with friends.
Howdy very cool blog!! Man .. Excellent .. Wonderful .. I will bookmark your web site and take the feeds additionally?
I’m happy to seek out so many useful info right here
in the put up, we want work out more techniques in this regard, thank you for sharing.
. . . . .
Since the admin of this web site is working,
no question very rapidly it will be renowned,
due to its feature contents.
WOW just what I was searching for. Came here by searching for minecraft
Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your weblog and wished to say that
I’ve really enjoyed browsing your blog posts. After all I’ll be subscribing to your rss feed and I hope
you write again soon!
After I originally left a comment I seem to have clicked the -Notify me when new comments are
added- checkbox and from now on each time a comment is added I receive
4 emails with the exact same comment. Is there an easy method you are able to
remove me from that service? Cheers!
Hi there, I believe your blog could be having browser compatibility issues.
Whenever I look at your site in Safari, it looks fine however, if opening in I.E., it’s got some
overlapping issues. I just wanted to provide you with a quick heads up!
Besides that, fantastic blog!
Thank You
Keep on writing, great job!
We are a group of volunteers and opening a new scheme in our
community. Your web site provided us with valuable information to work on. You
have done an impressive job and our whole
community will be grateful to you.
It’s perfect time to make some plans for the future and it is time to be happy.
I’ve read this post and if I could I want to suggest you some interesting things or tips.
Maybe you could write next articles referring to this article.
I want to read more things about it!
Thankfulness to my father who informed me concerning this weblog, this
weblog is actually awesome.
My family every time say that I am killing
my time here at net, however I know I am getting experience all the time by reading thes good articles.
Hey I know this is off topic but I was wondering if you knew of any
widgets I could add to my blog that automatically tweet my newest twitter updates.
I’ve been looking for a plug-in like this for quite some time and was hoping maybe you would have some experience with something like this.
Please let me know if you run into anything.
I truly enjoy reading your blog and I look forward to your new
updates.
I am curious to find out what blog platform you happen to be utilizing?
I’m experiencing some small security issues with my latest
blog and I’d like to find something more secure. Do
you have any solutions?
Hello are using WordPress for your blog platform?
I’m new to the blog world but I’m trying to get started and create
my own. Do you need any html coding expertise to make your own blog?
Any help would be really appreciated!
Appreciate this post. Will try it out.
I was able to find good advice from your content.
constantly i used to read smaller articles or reviews which also clear their motive, and that is also happening with this post which I am reading at this time.
Thanks for any other magnificent article. Where else may just anybody get
that kind of information in such an ideal approach of writing?
I have a presentation subsequent week, and I’m at the search for such info.
I am extremely inspired along with your writing talents as smartly as
with the structure for your blog. Is that this a paid subject
matter or did you modify it yourself? Either way stay up the nice high quality writing, it is rare to peer a
great blog like this one these days..
Wonderful site you have here but I was curious about if you knew of any community forums that cover the same topics discussed in this article?
I’d really like to be a part of online community where I can get feedback from other experienced people
that share the same interest. If you have any recommendations,
please let me know. Thanks!
Its like you read my mind! You seem to know so much about
this, like you wrote the book in it or something. I
think that you could do with a few pics to drive the message home a
bit, but instead of that, this is magnificent blog. A great read.
I will definitely be back.
I always emailed this blog post page to all my associates, for the reason that if like to read it then my links will too.
Terrific article! This is the type of info that are meant to be shared around the web.
Disgrace on the seek engines for now not positioning this
post higher! Come on over and seek advice from my web site .
Thank you =)
Great blog here! Also your web site loads up
very fast! What host are you using? Can I get your affiliate
link to your host? I wish my web site loaded up as quickly as yours lol
When I originally left a comment I seem to have clicked the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and from now on whenever a comment is added I recieve four
emails with the same comment. Is there a means you can remove me from that service?
Thanks a lot!
It’s really a nice and useful piece of info. I’m happy that you shared this useful information with us.
Please stay us up to date like this. Thanks for sharing.
This is very interesting, You’re a very skilled blogger.
I’ve joined your rss feed and look forward to seeking more
of your fantastic post. Also, I have shared your site in my social networks!
I loved as much as you will receive carried out right here.
The sketch is attractive, your authored subject matter stylish.
nonetheless, you command get bought an nervousness over that
you wish be delivering the following. unwell unquestionably come further formerly again since exactly the same
nearly a lot often inside case you shield this increase.
Hey I know this is off topic but I was wondering if you knew of any widgets I could
add to my blog that automatically tweet my newest twitter
updates. I’ve been looking for a plug-in like this for quite some time and was
hoping maybe you would have some experience with something like this.
Please let me know if you run into anything. I truly enjoy
reading your blog and I look forward to
your new updates.
I blog often and I genuinely thank you for your information. This
great article has truly peaked my interest.
I’m going to take a note of your site and keep checking for new details about once
per week. I subscribed to your RSS feed as well.
Descargar facebook
Admiring the hard work you put into your blog and detailed information you offer.
It’s awesome to come across a blog every once in a while that isn’t the same out of date rehashed material.
Fantastic read! I’ve bookmarked your site and
I’m adding your RSS feeds to my Google account.
Descargar facebook
I’m getting excited about this kind of beneficial information of your stuff in the future