Ways to Reward a Child
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Parents who understand the use and misuse of rewards in raising their children will excel in the most important job that they will ever have—raising children to be responsible, intelligent, moral and confident adults.
Children absolutely need to be rewarded for good behavior.
However, bribing children isn’t a great way to reward them. In fact, if children are continuously bribed to be good, they can end up being punished by their parent’s rewards. For example, “If you are a good boy when you are with your grandma, I’ll give you an ipod.” Well, maybe not an ipod, but anything else that a child might be given to entice him or her to cooperate.
