OPINION: Rewarding participation in junior sport doesn't make kids soft, it makes them come back
So here we are in the grip of a global pandemic, a time when the abandonment of junior sport and enforced home learning have created the enormous challenge of keeping children motivated, active and healthy.
Or, at local sports clubs, as we emerge from lockdowns, seldom has there been greater opportunity for energetic volunteers to demonstrate their value to their communities. Under the headline "Everyone's a winner but our kids lose out", the newspaper enlists the testimony of a child psychologist, an ex-NRL player and a parent to perpetuate the unproven theory that giving participation certificates to kids aged from five to seven years-old represents "a mollycoddling approach to school sports where everyone wins".
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