my daughters analysis of her meager trophy collection made me think should we encourage her more are the kids with more afterschool activities better off even though i personally think trophies are cheesy is there a correlation between awards and selfesteem somebody give this kid a trophy what if we refused to allow january to shame us into feelings of inadequacy what if we took a cue from toddlers everywhere and turned up our noses at what january was serving us ive given up on my new years resolutions and you should too this week ive been thinking about a the first boy i mentored through big brothers big sisters it was his birthday this week and i try to send him birthday wishes each year even though im no longer his big brother remember i will always be your little brother