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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
you know, when kids FIRST start junior sports and all that, I can see wanting to reward them even if they finish last. peewee football and stuff. But at some point, like 10 years old or so, its time to put them in reality and make them realize that there is no trophy for last place.
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DK, you are the LAST person that I ever thought would say something like that. No offense intended, but your response reeks of compromise (not that compromise is in any way a negative). You've got an arbitrary cut-off of ten. Why not eight? Or twelve? Or five? Or eighteen? It's a slippery slope, and I know how much you detest those, at least when the Constitution's involved.
When you're last, you're last. Getting a trophy for a shitty performance seems disengenuous at best and insulting at worst. A kid is going to throw a tempertantrum when the lose - when they're little anyway. It's a learning experience.
I remember a thread from a couple of years ago about helicopter parents doing work for their kids. Not school work, work work. As in the kid got paid for it. That's the endgame that I see from this sort of behavior.