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When I was 4, I loved playing soccer. My dad used to give me trophies for being good at scoring. As I was scored the goal, there was a photo group taking pictures of me, which were my parents and friends. Sometimes I wonder “Did I really deserve the trophies for just trying”?
Trophies should not be given out to kids because kids start bragging about it and become too cocky, and sometimes kids that do get trophies can bully the kids that don’t have trophies.
Kids can start bragging about it. “Giving trophies to everyone can send the wrong message”,said Lauren Tarshis in the article “Should everyone get a trophy?”. The people that give trophies for participation to kids can send them the wrong message because they are going to think that they

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