Participation trophies are a stupid idea after the age of six or so, honestly. Better to just go, "We lost, who cares, let's go get ice cream or something."
Participation trophies are a stupid idea after the age of six or so, honestly. Better to just go, "We lost, who cares, let's go get ice cream or something."
Well, when the Steelers lost Super Bowl XLV, they received AFC Championship watches (instead of the usual rings), which are kind of like participation trophies
Participation trophies are a stupid idea after the age of six or so, honestly. Better to just go, "We lost, who cares, let's go get ice cream or something."
Well, when the Steelers lost Super Bowl XLV, they received AFC Championship watches (instead of the usual rings), which are kind of like participation trophies
Losing the Super Bowl means you still beat everyone else in the running. That's kind of a different matter.
Participation trophies are a stupid idea after the age of six or so, honestly. Better to just go, "We lost, who cares, let's go get ice cream or something."
Well, when the Steelers lost Super Bowl XLV, they received AFC Championship watches (instead of the usual rings), which are kind of like participation trophies
Losing the Super Bowl means you still beat everyone else in the running. That's kind of a different matter.
Yeah, it is (and MLB similarly hands out NL/AL championship rings to the World Series losers), but still, the second-place-is-for-losers mentality is quite pervasive
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Yarrun showed up on IRC a couple hours ago for an RP that ended up being postponed, so he is around, at least.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Remember the 2000s, when all PC keyboards had to have six zillion extra keys?
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Participation trophies are a stupid idea after the age of six or so, honestly. Better to just go, "We lost, who cares, let's go get ice cream or something."
It really pushes the idea that trying and failing is ok and i think that's important
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
The "participation trophy" thing mostly seems like the result of a game of Millennial-bashing telephone or bitching about how today's kids are too soft
Participation trophies are a stupid idea after the age of six or so, honestly. Better to just go, "We lost, who cares, let's go get ice cream or something."
It really pushes the idea that trying and failing is ok and i think that's important
There are much better ways to enforce this message. There is this very strange idea that children should not be allowed to experience negative emotions; rather, I feel that a parent or role model should be able to say, "Feeling bad sometimes is OK," but letting them know that they are there when they do, and that they empathise.
and like I said earlier, even professionals get second-place prizes
not sure why it's so terrible when kids get them
if anything the sensitive ones might need them more
See, second place is not the same as awarding everyone who participates automatically. Which I think is fine for very young children but begins to get condescending later. And I have experienced such situations, albeit indirectly because I was never a sporty lad, so I can tell you it's not made up. Exaggerated, maybe, but by no means invented wholesale.
But to that point about sensitive children: That's where being a good parent comes in. Telling your child it is fine to be sad and it is fine to not always be a winner at everything. To help them understand that failure is key to the learning process and a basic part of life that must be overcome or accepted depending on its importance, and that it must be owned. Not everyone can do everything perfectly, and that is fine. Feel good that you tried, and try harder next time. Fail better. If it's not something you're great at, and you don't really get good at it, but you like it, keep failing until it stops being fun.
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(did i just blow ur mind..........)
it was for me at least
Losing the Super Bowl means you still beat everyone else in the running. That's kind of a different matter.
People unquestioningly accept whatever Siri says.
Google is worth millions of dollars, and digital media is replacing its competition.
I'm obsolete.
The robots don't need to take over, they already have taken over.
And here I am, saying this on a forum.
Ba-dum-tish!
So you believe that friendship is just a way for hot people to make you their slave?
It works, and gives her less hand strain.
Sorry that not all of us are as hip and modern as you.
No comment on the saddest stretch of game ever?
There are much better ways to enforce this message. There is this very strange idea that children should not be allowed to experience negative emotions; rather, I feel that a parent or role model should be able to say, "Feeling bad sometimes is OK," but letting them know that they are there when they do, and that they empathise.
See, second place is not the same as awarding everyone who participates automatically. Which I think is fine for very young children but begins to get condescending later. And I have experienced such situations, albeit indirectly because I was never a sporty lad, so I can tell you it's not made up. Exaggerated, maybe, but by no means invented wholesale.
But to that point about sensitive children: That's where being a good parent comes in. Telling your child it is fine to be sad and it is fine to not always be a winner at everything. To help them understand that failure is key to the learning process and a basic part of life that must be overcome or accepted depending on its importance, and that it must be owned. Not everyone can do everything perfectly, and that is fine. Feel good that you tried, and try harder next time. Fail better. If it's not something you're great at, and you don't really get good at it, but you like it, keep failing until it stops being fun.