Was A Good Idea At The Time!!

[Smowball]

In a bid to encourage teen smow to revise for his GCSE's I offered (OK bribed) him £100 for every A, £50 for every B and £25 for every C . I now owe him £600!!

[marval]

Well done to your son, good to hear he is going to use the money wisely.

[jourdain2]

It is never a good idea to bribe kids, Smow - although you have EVERY right to be very proud. My kids had friends who were being offered £10 or more per subject passed at 'C'. I declined to join in; they were doing this for themselves, not me. They both did extremely well and went to Uni.. I bought each a celebratory meal after results day.

I remember a kid (when I was coaching athletics) he was called Daniel and was faster than anyone else around over a sprint. He was 10. His father gave him £5 every time he won a race - easy money for him. He then moved up an age group and, of course, he lost. Instead of buckling-to, like the others, training harder etc..... he gave up. A valuable lesson.

I think you are stuck with keeping your word! Let him work for his 'A's' for his own self-esteem. Meantime, fork out and glow. :) x

[Smowball]

I know what you're saying jourdain - I've never ever done it before and won't again lol. But it was worth every penny

[mandimoo]

well done teen smow!

[Cloverjo]

Woo, well done, teen smow.

[Smowball]

Ahhh thanks guys xxx

[mazie]

Poorer, but prouder. Well done young Swom xxx

[Peter Pedant]

// It is never a good idea to bribe kids,//

o dear miss po-face giving it a go

SNow - the book for YOU and I dont say this often, is
Freakonomics - there is a chapter on - can you bribe kidz to study ?
and the answer is no ...
yup someone has done a trial where they compared encouragement and encouragement and money and .... no difference

In mgt theory ( Handy - organisations - and all that - money/wages are not satisfiers ( a characteristic is the more the better ) but come into the category of dissatisfiers ( that is if you dont have it you are dissatisfied )

but anyway - enuff of this - well done both of you

PP

PS when my niece announced she was gonna get a pub job in the evenings I said: I will pay you the same - to study....
but the thing is tha we meet and I ask you questions....
anyway nojob but she passed the exams

[jim360]

My parents tried to encourage me the other way round -- I'd have to pay them £500 for everything below an A. :(

(This isn't actually true.)

[Smowball]

Lol jim

[ummmm]

I'm always bribing my kids :-) Bribery is the way forward...

[Smowball]

Or as I like to call it - monetary encouragement : )