tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269031634496605933.post4309544210645076478..comments2023-10-16T08:52:53.166-04:00Comments on Pook and Bug: first placeMy Kids' Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568872428132909098noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269031634496605933.post-36411102569620171172010-10-07T10:20:06.889-04:002010-10-07T10:20:06.889-04:00Sometimes it is important to be rewarded just for ...Sometimes it is important to be rewarded just for showing up.......since many don't seem to care about commitments.mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11809666987298015338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269031634496605933.post-36368505666111664052010-10-07T09:44:51.032-04:002010-10-07T09:44:51.032-04:00I wrestle with this issue too. On the one hand, i...I wrestle with this issue too. On the one hand, if you start off giving kids trophies/ribbons/whatever for participation, then you should probably continue that. AJ's baseball league -- and indeed, all other sports leagues around here -- has always given trophies for participation to everyone at the end of the season. Except apparently once you get to the league for grades 3 and 4, they stop doing it and only get trophies if you're one of the top xx number of finishers. But no one bothered to tell the kids. So after the last game last spring, we had a very disappointed team. They already felt bad about their loss and then they felt bad all over again that they hadn't gotten a trophy. <br /><br />On the other hand, AJ needs another trophy like he needs a hole in his head. If you ask him what his favorite trophy is, he will probably show you the one with the basketball that spins. But if you ask which one he's most proud of, he'll probably show you his trophy for 2nd place in the chess tournament, because that one he actually had to work for.Harriet M. Welschhttp://spynotes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com