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I don't believe I ever received a participation trophy. If I did, I probably threw it out, just like I did with actual trophies. I don't really like material possessions 

 

Now you're really talking some Boomer Blasphemy!

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You too, Chz?

The participation trophy thing has always been ######. Just an expression of crusty old people digging in their heels and resisting progress. Much in the same way that social security is a right, while healthcare is an "entitlement."

Says the most millenial of millenials.

 

:lol:

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Am I the only person under 35 who never got a "participation trophy"?

 

Just win and you don't have to worry about it. :p

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Am I the only person under 35 who never got a "participation trophy"?

 

Just win and you don't have to worry about it. :p

I never got anything of the sort. I honestly don't even know where the angst over the concept comes from. I'm not sure it's even a thing. Where are all the parents whose kids got participation trophies? Are your kids ruined?

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I never got anything of the sort. I honestly don't even know where the angst over the concept comes from. I'm not sure it's even a thing. Where are all the parents whose kids got participation trophies? Are your kids ruined?

My kid got one for basketball this year (holy , did they suck!!) Coach was all, hey bud, I got your trophy. My kid was all "for what?" I'm pretty sure he got rid of it. It definitely isn't on display anyplace. His exact words to me on the way home were "what did we get a trophy for? we didn't win anything."

 

Kids know.

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My kid got one for basketball this year (holy ######, did they suck!!) Coach was all, hey bud, I got your trophy. My kid was all "for what?" I'm pretty sure he got rid of it. It definitely isn't on display anyplace. His exact words to me on the way home were "what did we get a trophy for? we didn't win anything."

 

Kids know.

I mean, even if your kid didn't get it, you as a parent could certainly have turned it into a teaching moment.

 

I'm glad your kid was unharmed by the participation trophy and will hopefully grow up to be an adult someday.

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My kid got one for basketball this year (holy ######, did they suck!!) Coach was all, hey bud, I got your trophy. My kid was all "for what?" I'm pretty sure he got rid of it. It definitely isn't on display anyplace. His exact words to me on the way home were "what did we get a trophy for? we didn't win anything."

 

Kids know.

Did he...did he touch it? If so, you should probably make him bathe in bleach to get rid of the life destroying virus the trophy spreads to all who come into contact with it.

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I mean, even if your kid didn't get it, you as a parent could certainly have turned it into a teaching moment.

 

I'm glad your kid was unharmed by the participation trophy and will hopefully grow up to be an adult someday.

Well...He'll grow. I don't know how adult he'll be. I'm 1/2 of the people raising him, after all.

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I never got anything of the sort. I honestly don't even know where the angst over the concept comes from. I'm not sure it's even a thing. Where are all the parents whose kids got participation trophies? Are your kids ruined?

I got trophies at the end of my soccer seasons when I was 5-8. They were nice little tokens to remember the seasons by. The weren't the source of pride or anything. The only trophy I took pride in was 3rd place at a local chess tournament. I was 9 playing against 15 year olds.
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Was I the only kid/millennial who felt extreme shame when given one of those? Everyone I knew who got a participation trophy/ribbon would hide/throw it away because it was concrete evidence you DIDN'T win. Like this awful, pitying reminder that you sucked/failed. No one ever congratulated you for getting the equivalent of this:

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Never gave anyone I knew this inflated sense of self worth. Always felt like a strawman for a generational "darn kids these days".

 

Sorry, 2 cents derailment there, continue on haha 

Get that MS Paint crap out of here. You're a professional artist :nana:

 

(Kidding obviously)

I got trophies at the end of my soccer seasons when I was 5-8. They were nice little tokens to remember the seasons by. The weren't the source of pride or anything. The only trophy I took pride in was 3rd place at a local chess tournament. I was 9 playing against 15 year olds.

Same but for little league/tee ball. I remember everyone got a little bullshite 4" glove trophy, but the winners got the real two story official looking ones. Those are the only ones I ever put on the shelf.

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I got trophies at the end of my soccer seasons when I was 5-8. They were nice little tokens to remember the seasons by. The weren't the source of pride or anything. The only trophy I took pride in was 3rd place at a local chess tournament. I was 9 playing against 15 year olds.

Oh man, my kid beats my ass at chess. He's been doing so since he was 7. I don't know how much of an accomplishment that is because I'm severely handicapped when it comes to strategery.

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Oh man, my kid beats my ass at chess. He's been doing so since he was 7. I don't know how much of an accomplishment that is because I'm severely handicapped when it comes to strategery.

I don't think I've grown as a chess player at all since I was 9.
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