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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 596476" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Let's see... </p><p>I don't know what you have for options, but... my almost-easy child/typical teen daughter... just loves to have NEW stuff. Dirt cheap... but NEW. There's stores around here where you can get funky socks for $2, a neat hair clip for a buck, and so on. I've been known to dangle those as "incentives" for stuff that is hard to get her motivated to do (clean your room... ). But we have a pattern. She gets that stuff on a semi-regular basis as it is - not as an incentive. The incentive is the "extra" trip to the store. She just loves the excuse to BE in the store.</p><p> </p><p>Does she like a certain kind of chocolate? If so, buy some and give it to the GC at school. She makes it to school, she gets chocolate. This is actually logical... quality chocolate in moderate quantities is proven to have positive mood-altering properties. (This concept would be my first choice... it's not quite as directly connected to money)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 596476, member: 11791"] Let's see... I don't know what you have for options, but... my almost-easy child/typical teen daughter... just loves to have NEW stuff. Dirt cheap... but NEW. There's stores around here where you can get funky socks for $2, a neat hair clip for a buck, and so on. I've been known to dangle those as "incentives" for stuff that is hard to get her motivated to do (clean your room... ). But we have a pattern. She gets that stuff on a semi-regular basis as it is - not as an incentive. The incentive is the "extra" trip to the store. She just loves the excuse to BE in the store. Does she like a certain kind of chocolate? If so, buy some and give it to the GC at school. She makes it to school, she gets chocolate. This is actually logical... quality chocolate in moderate quantities is proven to have positive mood-altering properties. (This concept would be my first choice... it's not quite as directly connected to money) [/QUOTE]
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