my daughter calmly informed me she was pumped up they werent cocky just selfconfident assured that they knew what to do in the ring no matter the belt size or gender of their opponent participation trophies are bogus f owning their no is something i hope for my children in adulthood then i had to let them own their no in their childhood even as toddlers even while giggling even with their mother lets not play that game as college acceptances and rejections hit the emails of students this week the plethora of articles on the increasingly competitive process one that takes an emotional toll on parents and students alike roll out with predictable regularity as well a better model for taking the stress out of the competitive college admissions race