kateyes
Active Member
This is from an article on CNN.COM today:
Is this a good idea--the concept being that by not excluding anyone--no-one ends up with hurt feelings or low self-esteem. Or does it actually end up creating a sense of entitlement--no matter how well I did nor didn't do the job I still get a prize?
This goes along a bit with a story I read about several months back, that had to do with eliminating assigning grades in schools. Are we doing our children any favors by not preparing them for the real world?
The rule there, and at a growing number of America's schools, is that parties and play-dates shouldn't be discussed unless every child in the room is invited.
Gone are the days when a kindergartner dropped a handful of party invites in the classroom cubbyholes of their closest buddies. Today, if anyone is excluded the invitations can't be handed out at school.............
Take Valentine's Day: At some schools, a second-grader can't offer paper valentines or heart-shaped candies to a short list of pals and secret crushes anymore. They give cards to everyone or no one at all.....................Or sports: In many towns, scorekeeping no longer happens at soccer or softball games played by kids under 8 or 9. Win or lose, every player in the league gets a trophy at the season's end.
Is this a good idea--the concept being that by not excluding anyone--no-one ends up with hurt feelings or low self-esteem. Or does it actually end up creating a sense of entitlement--no matter how well I did nor didn't do the job I still get a prize?
This goes along a bit with a story I read about several months back, that had to do with eliminating assigning grades in schools. Are we doing our children any favors by not preparing them for the real world?