James Harrison Strips His Kids Of Participation Trophies And Won’t Give Them Back Until They Earn A “Real” One

If there is one thing that can be learned from this post by James Harrison, it’s that he believes that nothing should ever be given freely, even nominal awards. Harrison was presented with these two participation trophies from his sons and Harrison treated them as if they were plagues upon his house.

I came home to find out that my boys received two trophies for nothing, participation trophies! While I am very proud of my boys for everything they do and will encourage them till the day I die, these trophies will be given back until they EARN a real trophy. I'm sorry I'm not sorry for believing that everything in life should be earned and I'm not about to raise two boys to be men by making them believe that they are entitled to something just because they tried their best…cause sometimes your best is not enough, and that should drive you to want to do better…not cry and whine until somebody gives you something to shut u up and keep you happy. #harrisonfamilyvalues

A photo posted by James Harrison (@jhharrison92) on Aug 15, 2015 at 10:09am PDT

I mean, his boys DID participate, so they probably earned those participation trophies, even if giving awards for participation may seem extremely redundant. The good news for the Harrison kids is that they can get the trophies back when they win a “real” one.

Whatever debates people have on parenting styles, I’m pretty sure that no one ever purposefully guns for a participation trophy.

[Complex]