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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 51837" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>I've been shocked at the amount of incentives being used in my childrens' elementary school on a daily/weekly basis. Candy, special treats or activities, movies, tickets, etc have been a routine part of most classrooms as well as the school-wide behavioral program. </p><p></p><p>My difficult child isn't very motivated by money and resists chores at home in a very serious way. He does better at school complying on those sorts of tasks where peer pressure is big. I've not had any luck with cash for jobs but he does like to do summer math for trading cards. I've done it for two years now and he's usually really eager to do the math. I do "Double Card Fridays" which he thinks is fun and he usually wracks up a few pages then. This summer he's really stable so I'm going to try and make a dent in keeping his room picked up, etc....but I've got to get my mess from painting out of there first!</p><p></p><p>I didn't think I'd ever be a mom to fork out cash for schoolwork or grades but I got into a bind with my oldest in math one year and the incentive of cash for a grade helped in a huge way. He's one of those kids that when he gets discouraged he gets really, really down on the task and it was well worth my 5 bucks a semester to help turn him around and keep him there so he doesn't lose math skills.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 51837, member: 701"] I've been shocked at the amount of incentives being used in my childrens' elementary school on a daily/weekly basis. Candy, special treats or activities, movies, tickets, etc have been a routine part of most classrooms as well as the school-wide behavioral program. My difficult child isn't very motivated by money and resists chores at home in a very serious way. He does better at school complying on those sorts of tasks where peer pressure is big. I've not had any luck with cash for jobs but he does like to do summer math for trading cards. I've done it for two years now and he's usually really eager to do the math. I do "Double Card Fridays" which he thinks is fun and he usually wracks up a few pages then. This summer he's really stable so I'm going to try and make a dent in keeping his room picked up, etc....but I've got to get my mess from painting out of there first! I didn't think I'd ever be a mom to fork out cash for schoolwork or grades but I got into a bind with my oldest in math one year and the incentive of cash for a grade helped in a huge way. He's one of those kids that when he gets discouraged he gets really, really down on the task and it was well worth my 5 bucks a semester to help turn him around and keep him there so he doesn't lose math skills. [/QUOTE]
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