Actually the research suggests that participation trophies are counter-productive, because it teaches kids that they don’t need to try, they are simply entitled

Actually the research suggests that participation trophies are counter-productive, because it teaches kids that they don’t need to try, they are simply entitled to rewards: https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/columnists/undeserved-praise-and-participation-trophies-harm-not-help-kids/article_b8c96290-8d88-11eb-91af-fb273e39a7aa.html https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/columnists/undeserved-pr... The whole concept of participation trophies came out of the “self-esteem” movement, which has mostly panned out to be BS.