Do you still believed that giving incentives to your kids works ? Parents tend to give incentives to their children if they want them to perform well, that might be at home, in school or any other activities. But incentives does not always works with kids right ? I wonder what parents usually do if this thing does not work ?
I have made a deal with my niece, a grade 5 student that if she grab the top 4 of her class, she will received a gift from me. Some sort of incentives for all her hard work. She is a very good student, always been part of the top 10 students of her class but never made it to the top 5. She is smart, but sometimes too lazy to study, so I challenged her to do better this time.
So here we go !!! It's almost graduation time and I heard from her Mom (who is my sister) that she is really working hard on all her exams. For the last three grading, she made it to the top 4 of her class, now it's the final grading and evaluation of over all standing of students. She really is putting extra effort to get that incentives. I think she wants to proved to me as well that she can do it !!! Go girl !
Now, this kind of trick works with an almost teenager. But how about in a toddler like Gabz ? I have tried it a couple of times but it looks like it has no effect on her. For instance, I would asked her to eat and after that she could watch or play any games she wants. If she does not want to eat, everything I say fall on deaf ears, but after a while she would start bugging me to play or watch something, as if I did not say anything. No matter how I tried to blackmail or bribe (you can use any term you want) her, seems not working. She is a picky eater and sometimes I ran out of ideas how to feed her.
On the other hand, this trick works with her to clean up her toys if she wants to play in my computer. So I guess, it all depends on how much they wanted certain things. A little incentives, bribes from time to time does really works. Right Moms ?
But in times where incentives does not work, what do you do ?
I have made a deal with my niece, a grade 5 student that if she grab the top 4 of her class, she will received a gift from me. Some sort of incentives for all her hard work. She is a very good student, always been part of the top 10 students of her class but never made it to the top 5. She is smart, but sometimes too lazy to study, so I challenged her to do better this time.
So here we go !!! It's almost graduation time and I heard from her Mom (who is my sister) that she is really working hard on all her exams. For the last three grading, she made it to the top 4 of her class, now it's the final grading and evaluation of over all standing of students. She really is putting extra effort to get that incentives. I think she wants to proved to me as well that she can do it !!! Go girl !
Now, this kind of trick works with an almost teenager. But how about in a toddler like Gabz ? I have tried it a couple of times but it looks like it has no effect on her. For instance, I would asked her to eat and after that she could watch or play any games she wants. If she does not want to eat, everything I say fall on deaf ears, but after a while she would start bugging me to play or watch something, as if I did not say anything. No matter how I tried to blackmail or bribe (you can use any term you want) her, seems not working. She is a picky eater and sometimes I ran out of ideas how to feed her.
On the other hand, this trick works with her to clean up her toys if she wants to play in my computer. So I guess, it all depends on how much they wanted certain things. A little incentives, bribes from time to time does really works. Right Moms ?
But in times where incentives does not work, what do you do ?
