Yes but it isn’t just the parents. They start in grade school giving everyone an “award”, just because.
Yeah, I’m pretty good at nipping that stuff in the bud.
Every time one of my kids got any sort of “participation” award I’d make sure they knew that it was just about participation. Which can be valuable in and of itself, if it means they learned something and had fun. But in the context of it being a keepsake. I’ve shown them my Little League participation trophies from the early 1980s (which are stashed away in boxes) but also the game balls I was awarded for accomplishment ( which are displayed in my man cave). They know the difference between the two.
Of all things, Pixar’s “The Incredibles” helped out enormously. My kids know that great quote by Syndrome by heart. I say “When everyone’s special” they immediately reply with “then no one is.”