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Why is it that most of the people who whine about my generation being the "trophy" generation are usually part of the generation that started it?

The whole "everyone gets a trophy" thing wasn't because of the kids in the first place. The parents are the ones who created that system because some parents couldn't stand their child not being a winner at everything they do- I've even seen parents get angry and upset over their kid not getting a reward while the kids didn't even care. Growing up me and most the kids I knew didn't care about getting some participation trophy. Those usually end up in a box never to be seen again or in the garbage. The only trophies people from my generation tend to keep- if any- are the ones we earned. If anything it was more embarrassing that we had to get "you didn't win but you tried!" trophies. The generation after mine might have more issues with it since they grew up thinking it was normal and that they should get something for everything they do and some don't know what it's like not to have a trophy or how to handle not being a "winner"- but that's not even their faults either since they're groomed to think they deserve something for nothing. Why point the fingers at the first generation to start receiving trophies for nothing and not at the parents who were a reason why such special treatment had to happen?
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Sure, this generation kind of sucks. But we can only be ourselves. Analyze it from the outside.
NaturallyPeculiar · 26-30, F
@LithiumDrop I wouldn't say the whole generation sucks but there are definitely people in that suck but again if you're groomed to think a certain way because of things set in place by older generations it would kind of suck then to have that same generation turn around and point the finger when they're the one who set it in motion.
monkeysdevil007 · 46-50, M
@NaturallyPeculiar I don't like to see the words groomed and suck in the same sentence
NaturallyPeculiar · 26-30, F
@monkeysdevil007 Welp I already used it so...
monkeysdevil007 · 46-50, M
@NaturallyPeculiar On a serious note I hate parents who bask in the reflective glory of their under achieving kids
NaturallyPeculiar · 26-30, F
@monkeysdevil007 I mean there's nothing wrong with being proud of your kid whether they're first place or last place, but the parents who brag and act like their kid is the best even though they got last place out of a hundred other kids really are setting up their children for a lifetime of disappointment because "I was 100th place in a competition once" doesn't sound like a good answer when a potential employer asks in a job interview what their greatest achievement was...
monkeysdevil007 · 46-50, M
You will get no argument from me on that score