Incentives vs. Bribes
It's okay to use rewards occasionally. However, try to make them incentives rather than bribes. It's easy to tell the difference. If you are using the reward as a bribe, then by declining the bribe, your child gets out of doing the job. It's like saying to your child, "If you will cut the grass, I'll give you $10.00." The child says, "No thanks, I don't need the money." Now, you're cutting the grass.
If it's an incentive, then your child cannot get out of doing the job simply by declining your offer. For instance, you say, "One of your jobs today is to cut the grass. I'll give you $10.00 for doing it." The child says, "No thanks, I don't need the money." To which you say, "That's fine. Off you go to cut the grass." In this case, the job was assigned. An incentive is something that you offer to make a boring, tedious job a bit more interesting. However, the job has to be done whether you want the incentive or not.
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