re: This is what happens when kids are given participation trophies

I'm just happy my child is out participating and not sitting at home on an iPad. I've been coaching youth sports since my oldest was 4 and now I'm coaching both of my boys. My oldest son plays 8u baseball and he's a black belt in tae Kwon do. My oldest son is also very hard on himself and loves to get praise. Athletics aren't something that comes natural to him so he has to work harder at it than most kids but he's an all star player because of that hard work. In the classroom he's exceptional. He's never made below a 95 and His reading level is near 7th grade and his math near 5th grade and he gets rewarded for that as a second grader because schools reward kids for academics however I do reward my child for his hardwork on the ball field and I know how much it means to him. Children a lot of times come from broken homes and the praise on the field is the only praise they get and they live for that stuff. Be happy kids are out of the house and actually involved.