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Alex Gregory for The New Yorker
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Recently, I listened to an interview with Ashley Merryman, co-author of Nurture Shock: New Thinking About Children. She argues that we’ve raised a generation of trophy kids. They are rewarded not for excellence so much as mere existence. One example: more money is spent on trophies by youth soccer organizations nationwide than on coach training or equipment. Indeed, parents faced with little league budget cuts more often choose to save money by playing fewer games than by giving fewer trophies.
Some other highlights from Merryman’s interview:
