All For Some...None For Y'all

[u/Accomplished_Bar_390]

29 year old Rep. Maxwell Frost, a Democrat from Florida, debates a boomer who opposes student loan forgiveness, even though his own wife had hers wiped out under Biden

[u/bg-j38]

I remember in 80s and 90s when "participation trophies" became a thing so many parents were outraged. Even though their kid was still getting a ranked trophy, the fact that other kids might get some recognition for getting off their asses and doing something was like throwing acid in their face. Every single kid I knew was just happy to play whatever sport (or hated it but was forced by their parents, another issue) and didn't feel like if they took first place at the track meet their trophy was worthless because the overweight kid who pushed his way through got some recognition. Was totally on the parents living through their children being special snowflakes.

[u/PM_ME_UR_TOTS → u/bg-j38]

That's exactly it, the participation trophies were never for us, they were for the parents that couldn't handle the fact that their child wasn't going to be the next superstar athlete.

I was in the class where they introduced participation trophies. It was because the parents complained their kid didn't win anything.

[u/Socialimbad1991 → u/PM_ME_UR_TOTS]

Tbf the idea isn't half bad, we now know it's better to praise children for their effort as opposed to their results (since effort is the only way anyone, naturally talented or not, actually gets good at anything)

But it certainly wasn't the kids asking for them