Let’s err on the side of supporting youth

There is way too much talk that kids today are spoiled. Participant ribbons seem to be the symbol folks seize on as an example that our future taxpayers can’t handle life in the real world later on. If kids show up to school it seems they get a ribbon, some say. I have a new appreciation for the role of participant ribbons and this community make in the lives of our youth after witnessing the third and fourth graders track meet and the state track meet last week in Laurel. It was blustery last Thursday morning as the annual third and fourth-grade track meet ...