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NFL Star Returns Kids' Participation Trophies

<p>NFL star James Harrison is raising his kids right&period; When he came home and found each of his two sons holding a shiny participation trophy&comma; he snapped a photo and posted it to Instagram along with a message that is&nbsp&semi;gaining him the admiration of parents across the nation&period; The message immediately went viral&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although he is proud of his sons and their accomplishments&comma; Harrison wants them to understand that in the real world&comma; you don&rsquo&semi;t get a trophy just for showing up&period;&nbsp&semi;Along with the snapshot&nbsp&semi;was the announcement that he will be returning the trophies to Next Level Athletics&period; His touching&nbsp&semi;message ended with <em>&num;harrisonfamilyvalues&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;I came home to find out that my boys received two trophies for nothing&comma; participation trophies&excl;&rdquo&semi; says the Instagram post&period; &ldquo&semi;I&rsquo&semi;m sorry I&rsquo&semi;m not sorry for believing that everything in life should be earned and I&rsquo&semi;m not about to raise two boys to be men by making them believe that they are entitled to something just because they tried their best&period;&&num;8221&semi; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Comments poured in by the thousands&period;&nbsp&semi;While a few commenters were offended&comma; the majority&nbsp&semi;respected and admired his parenting choices&colon; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;This is great&excl; Thank you for setting a good example and teaching the importance of hard work and actual accomplishment&period;&rdquo&semi; &&num;8211&semi; Instagram user Steve Glauser<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;One must lose to know what it truly means to win&period; Something for nothing never made anyone a better person&period;&rdquo&semi; &&num;8211&semi; Instagram user Tom Parker<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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