Entry FeedSomeone, sometime between when I was a kid and now, realized that kids like trophies. I am sure it wasn't a major revelation. Maybe it has something to do with cheaper goods from Asia - two ideas coming together at just the right time, and bringing more crap into my house.
Someone, at sometime, needs to let some organizations know that while the kids really like the trophies, moms do not.
What ever happened to the purple participant ribbons? That is what you were supposed to get for just showing up. My kids get these 10 inch high, fancy-shmancy winners trophies with a small plaque that reads, "Participant"
The average family will soon have to build trophy rooms, or buy a few Ikea Billy Bookcases, just to store and display all of these participant trophies. I ask you, fellow parents, what is the correct protocol? The biggest trophies used to be the best, the most hard-fought. They actually meant that you won something. But now that we have huge participant trophies, which ones get the places of honour in the display?
Mothers when we were growing up used to complain about our trophies as other things that you had to dust. Forget the dusting, for me it is something else that I have to find a place for!
Honestly, do I even have to keep them all? Is there a trophy recycling facility somewhere? Can I ship them off to Africa where the poor kids could grow up never receiving a trophy? (OK, so hockey, T-ball and lacrosse may not be big sports there, but do the kids really care as long as they get a trophy?)
Let's go back to those ribbon days. Ribbons are small, and can easily fit in a scapebook. No dusting or display required.