What Kids Need
My four-year-old son recently finished his first t-ball season. He had a handful of practices, seven or eight four-inning games and he really enjoyed practicing at home with his dad after using all of his money to buy a tee and a metal bat. He had fun, enjoyed a great experience with some very kind coaches and he learned a bit about baseball and teamwork, all satisfactory results of the $60 spent and the time we dedicated as a family to having him at his practices and games. At the end of the season his coaches provided a pizza party and said they would hand out trophies to the kids if parents were willing to purchase them. I said yes to pizza and no thanks to the trophy, which I did for a couple of reasons. First, I don’t like clutter and my kids have a lot of stuff. Why in the world do we need another hunk of metal to sit on a dresser? Secondly, I didn’t want to spend $10 on said hunk of metal. Thirdly, I didn’t feel that participating i...