“Probably from all of those participation trophies and “good jobs” they received when they were really little.”
I have posted this reality before. One of our younger relatives had the good fortune in little league to play for good managers and be with motivated players. They won the top award 3 years in a row, in a city with a lot of players and teams.
The league broke up the team and didn’t re hire the managers. Our young relative ended on a losing team that didn’t win a single game in 20+ games. He went from batting 400 to about 100.
However, the city’s liberals gave losers like him a participation trophy.
When he got home, his older sister with trophies in sports and academics for winning told him, “Really are you going to put your “I’m a loser trophy on the shelf with your winning trophies!”
In tears, he ask my wife what was wrong with the trophy. She said it was for losers, and he should give it away.
He took his name of the participation trophy and told his mother to sell it. She did, and donated the money to his favorite charity, the Salvation Army.
A few years later, he is finally realizing what his sister told him, participation trophies are for losers. He is devoting his energy and skill to be competitive in high school sports.
Wow! What a story. I guess I’m lucky that my two grandsons have had that happen yet. I’ve got one grandson who is serious about his sports and has managed to be on many championship teams. I don’t think he would be happy if that happened to him. He’s had his heart set on going to Boise St. since he was very little. He doesn’t need any participation trophies.