ITL271: Should Kids Get Participation Trophies?
In the Loop with Andy Andrews
Matt Lempert
4.9 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2017
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss a listener's question about recognition and participation trophies.
This participation thing is harmful to kids.
- There is a whole generation of people out there who don't know what they're good at or what they want to do.
- We don't just want to raise great kids—we want to raise kids who become great adults.
- When you get to adulthood, it matters whether you win or lose.
No one has ever been great at everything.
- God gives everyone a gift—and making people think they are just as good at everything as everybody else doesn't help them find it.
Tune in to hear the incredible story of how Andy's son, Adam, found his strength.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to In the Loop, a unique opportunity to see life from a different perspective |
| 0:06.5 | with New York Times bestselling author, Andy Andrews. Now here's your host, David Loy. |
| 0:12.9 | Hi and welcome to In the Loop with Andy Andrews. I'm your host, David Lloyd. Thanks for joining us |
| 0:17.8 | again today. Andy, how are you? Good, man. How are you doing? |
| 0:23.1 | I'm doing very well. Thank you for asking. |
| 0:25.8 | And thank you to all of our In the Loop listeners who are with us every single week. |
| 0:29.4 | And to those of you who have been sharing this podcast with your friends, your family, your coworkers, thank you. |
| 0:36.1 | Our graph of listeners is continuing to spike upwards. |
| 0:41.0 | So thank you for doing that. |
| 0:43.2 | We know that this is, that's all due to you. |
| 0:46.1 | It's all due to those of you who are listening on a weekly basis. |
| 0:49.5 | So thank you. |
| 0:50.7 | Andy, can I jump into our sponsor again? Is that okay with you? |
| 0:57.5 | Sure. Is it me again? I'm, golly. I mean, I'm sponsoring myself. Is that what? |
| 1:04.4 | Well, look at it like I'm, you know, our office in Nashville is sponsoring you in the podcast. |
| 1:10.8 | How about that? in the podcast. |
| 1:11.2 | How about that? Or the publisher. |
| 1:12.9 | Well, I, but, you know, I just, I love talking about Rockerman and Tucker ATV. |
| 1:19.7 | And we'll jump, yeah, and we'll get back to all those folks. |
| 1:22.9 | Camado Joe. |
| 1:24.0 | Camato Joe, yes. |
| 1:26.2 | Campbell Hardware. |
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