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Mar 10, 2007

Would You Pay Your Kids for Good Grades?

“Do you reward or pay your kids for bringing home a good report card or test result?”

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Well, this problem wouldn’t occur to me for quite a while as Matthew hasn’t even reach two yet. But I guess there’s no harm in me starting some advance planning.

Personally, I wouldn’t want to reward him financially each time he scores an A in tests and exams. It just doesn’t seem right to me. It seems to be teaching him to be studying hard for the sake of me paying him money when it should be because of the love of learning. It also teaches him to be materialistic, which I hope isn’t something he would pick up.

But I wouldn’t mind bringing him on a holiday or buying him something he wants at the end of the school year. And I would definitely praise him if he does well in school. Maybe bring him out for a meal at his favorite restaurant when he does well for his tests or projects.

What are your thoughts on this?

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Isaak Kwok 1 year ago 1 point
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Hi Karen, thanks for dropping by. Everything's well.

Yah ... my parents didn't pay me to do well in my studies. But then again, my grades weren't that fantastic for them to pay me. :) But what was, to me, most important was that my parents taught me that the 'learning to learn' portion was more important than the grades. However, they did made sure throughout my student life that I passed my exams sufficiently to get promoted to the next level and eventually to graduate.

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Karen is Thrifty 1 year ago 1 point
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Hi Issak. Hope all is well with you.

I'm not sure about paying kids for grades. Somehow it almost robs a child of doing something for themselves because it feels good. Paying them takes away the personal motivation. I guess I could see paying a child that really the extra encouragement or incentive. Perhaps paying a child after they've past the point of internal motivation. I didn't get any money for my grades until I was a junior or senior. It wasn't a certain amount or anything. I remember that all my grades were above a 96 and my dad gave me $20.

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