The Importance Of Positive Reinforcement

BEEP! The whistle blows. The kids go homes with a trophy, what about the kids that won? Are they the same as everyone else? Some think that participation trophies are positive reinforcement. As you can tell I strongly disagree with this.
Generally speaking, you can try your best and not get the outcome you were expecting, but the sad fact is that most of life is like that. The author of the first article that I read said that there is time to get acquainted with reality (Website 1). James Harrison was talking about his kids on twitter and said “they didn’t earn their trophies.” I remember my own father leaving my participation medal on the fence on the football field for losing all our games in the tournament (Website 1). I knew I didn’t earn that trophy and that was a big learning stage in my
My second point on the topic would be little kids will be more willing to win or give their best effort if there is only one winner. Why should kids want to strive to improve themselves if they always win or get a medal (Website 1). Eventually, they will start stopping to learn from mistakes. Ashlyn Merryman an author of Top Dog says “the benefit of competition isn't winning it's improving (Website 2). Overall these lessons we are teaching our kids will damage them for life, giving them bad habits, for their jobs”. My last point is in favor of the kids that succeed and win. Giving participation awards undermines the kid's success in the sport. The children that rise above the rest and succeed, just get the same prize as everyone else? I disagree that those kids are the same, kids should be able to stand out. I have learned from personal experience