Is it Ok to Bribe your children?
By gadad2
@gadad2 (59)
United States
May 2, 2007 9:37pm CST
OK, maybe bribe is not the right word, maybe reward is a better term. When your child does something good, do you reward/bribe them? How do you do it? What do you give them? Do you have problems afterward with them always wanting to get rewarded for doing the same thing again? And do they stop when they are no longer getting a reward for that action?
I think rewarding children at times is good for certain actions, but I think it may become a problem when it is done excessively. What do you think? How do you go about rewarding your kids? At what age did you start? My kids are still young(my oldest is 3.5) and I am not sure what is the best way.
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@Swtrose (3385)
• Canada
5 May 07
I think that it is ok to reward children. I started rewarding my children when they were toddlers. I did the entire sticker thing. When they hit their early teens and pre teens I had a reward system for who kept their room the cleanest. I inspected their rooms at the end of the month and they would get something like a book, taken out to lunch etc. Once they both wanted a camera from a cereal box so we settled it on the reward system. I don't think candy and things like that should be used for awards, but I think an award system is great and one as a parent I used.
@gadad2 (59)
• United States
8 May 07
Thank you for your response. Stickers are great! It's amazing how well they work - especially for the young ones. The way my daughter goes through them, I need to buy stock in a sticker company! My children are still young, and I guess I am just worried about a reward system backfiring(ie. them expecting too much, or not responding if a reward not given, etc...). It seems like you had a good system and did not come across this problem.
