How Should We Reward our Kids for Good Grades?
school. The Earn Your Future program is based on a concept that has been around for years, paying our children for their good grades. We want to show them how proud we are of them, so for many of us that is done through money. When we do a good job at work we get a raise, right? Since going to school is a child’s ‘job’ wouldn’t it make sense to pay them for their achievements? This has always been my thought, but I also began to get annoyed by the candy and toys that were being bought with the ‘report card money’. As parents we spend a lot of time considering the pros and cons of each decision we make. The ‘report card money’ decision is no different. Maybe we shouldn’t pay our kids for good grades, since it all becomes junk that ends up in the trash, the pride they feel for a good grade is payment enough. Maybe I should just take her out to eat at her
