tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post3066078149057505125..comments2024-03-18T08:34:11.052-07:00Comments on The Commercial Curmudgeon: Um....whose trophy is that, again?John F Jamelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351383534436377360noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-29799243440913385822016-01-12T14:40:53.819-08:002016-01-12T14:40:53.819-08:00Bravo! This commercial really goes overboard on th...Bravo! This commercial really goes overboard on the "prizes-for-everyone backlash." Yes, kids need to learn about how to compete, and lose, and win, gracefully. Yes, not everything should be reduced to a feel-good everyone-gets-a-trophy activity just to avoid hurting anyone's precious feelings. But...does everything then have to turn into some Darwinist contest? Just because dad feels he's been cheated by having his son get a participation trophy, does he have to be a jerk? Can't kids just have fun anymore without there having to be someone pounding his chest and shouting "We're Number One!" and someone else feeling crappy?<br /><br />This commercial definitely puts me in mind of all those parents who go overboard about their kids' sports. Oftentimes they are the biggest wimps when it comes to things like accepting that their kids lost. They take it way too personally, Just like this guy who has to deface his kid's trophy to feel as if his son--um, no, HE--won.Morning Kvetchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12212725744949084479noreply@blogger.com