Participation Trophies Send A Dangerous Message By Betty Berden Summary

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Participation trophies have become very prevalent in society and have quite a bit of controversy surrounding them. It is believed by some people that participation trophies are good for children, while others believe participation trophies are a detriment to children. In Participation Trophies Send a Dangerous Message written by Betty Berden, she makes very accurate points on why children should not receive participation trophies. Children receiving participation trophies can negatively impact children because it can cause the terms ‘winner’ and ‘loser’ to lose their value and lead to false beliefs that being average should be rewarded.

To begin, giving out participation trophies can lead to the loss of value of the terms ‘winner’ and ‘loser’.