Should Kids Get Participation Awards

The subject of sports and participation rewards is a major controversy in today's society. Several kids take part in a sport at some point in their life. When the season is over, rewards will generally be given to the higher level athletes on the team. With only some kids receiving awards, a problem arises with the other kids who feel they deserve one too. This then leads to the question of whether or not all kids who take part in an activity should receive participation awards. Participation awards should not be given to all kids because they will view it as an entitlement, kids may get the wrong impression of themselves, and may then have a hard time accepting defeat and failure.

The first reason why not all kids should be given an award for participating in an activity is because they will view it as an entitlement. If kids know that they are going to be given an award no matter what or how they do in the season, then they won't have a motivation for working their hardest and trying to be their best. In some cases, a kids doesn't care to even take part in the activity, it is rather their parent pushing them to do
Sports are meant to be challenging and should push kids to persevere through even the toughest competition, no matter if they are winning or losing. While participating is sports, athletes should receive tough love. Nobody should take it easy on them or give them short cuts. A person has to learn for themselves that life isn't always sunshine and rainbows. As a matter of fact, life can be a living hell. Nothing comes easy in life, so parents and adults shouldn't protect children from learning the true nature of this world we live in. Learning how to fight and overcome at a young age, will help kids achieve success later on in