I once saw a room that I thought had an unusual border near the ceiling until a closer examination revealed these were swimming medals, carefully placed around the ENTIRE room. They were placed as they would be if they were hanging from someone's neck and while it looked fairly cool, I couldn't help but wonder what happened when the child won the NEXT medal and they were out of space.
I think it only right that I should display my kid's medals; it annoyed her if I only displayed mine.
One of my best memories ever is fencing an opponent who had a huge cheering section, while my cheering section consisted of someone's voice from behind the scoring table yelling, "Go, Mommy!" because she had run over between her bouts to see how I was doing.
I was not, on the other hand, allowed near her bouts; my husband and I had to ask her permission before we came to watch her in the NCAA Championships, and I learned never to ask how she had done in NACs.
Every family dynamic is different, in other words, and you have to work it out. You can't assume that displaying a kid's medals is somehow showing too much parental ownership of a kid's results. It has different meaning for different families.
Ah, spoken like a true mother! You're lucky you have a girl with the "go away and don't watch me" attitude, because girls actually seem to be able to take care of themselves when you do go away. My son, in his younger years, would tell me to go away (his dad was banished early on) and when I complied I would get yelled at later because he had needed something and couldn't find me! He could use his cell phone to make contact, but unless I remind him (something he also hates, his dad and I are supposed to become invisible mind-reading servants with credit cards) he forgets to put his cell phone in the little bag he takes to the strip (or puts it in but forgets to take the bag to the strip), thereby putting himself out of contact should he need something other than the cell phone, usually some of the stuff that is or should be in the little bag. Now I sit way out of his range of sight at big NACs, so that I can see if he needs something, while appearing not to be there or in any way related to him. Unless he needs someone to talk to (i.e., berate) to work off his nerves, and there is no one else around that he knows, which occasionally happens. Our "family dynamic" makes me feel like I am trying to balance on a beach ball much of the time!
That said, to get back to the thread, he finds looking at the trophies and medals inspiring at times, when the going gets tough, although he likes to arrange the display in his own way, read the one that results in the largest accumulation of dust thereupon.
I found a new product for displaying your medals, and there is even a fencing graphic! You can order online at www.themedalmanager.com I have a 20% off code that I think anyone can use. Just enter hf081108 I have already ordered a soccer one for one of my children and it works great!
Take a picture of them and put it on craigslist, in the kink section.
Let us know if they like it.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. And from this side only! The flight of a half-man, half-bird. Dinosaurs nuzzling their young in pastures where strip malls should be. Cookies on dowels. All those moment, lost in time. Gone, like eggs off a hooker's stomach. Time to die" -Phil Ken Sebben
While Downtown's wooden display is quite beautiful it would look so much better if it held a "Saber" instead. We are luck enough to be the proud owners of his handy work.
Originally Posted by Soberin
