STUDIES SHOW PARTICIPATION TROPHIES AND EMPTY PRAISE LEAD TO SELF-ENTITLED, NARCISSISTIC, & SPOILT INDIVIDUALS. LET US NOT PROLONG THE PROCESS OF UNLEARNING DYSFUNCTIONAL PATTERNS THAT SUCH PEOPLE MUST GO THROUGH. INTERESTING ASIDE: PARADOXICALLY, EMPTY PRAISE ULTIMATELY HARMS SELF-ESTEEM FOR IT CAUSES ONE TO BE MISTRUSTING OF ANY PRAISE OR RECOGNITION, EVEN THOSE THAT ARE VALID AND AUTHENTIC.