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Paying your kids for good grades
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:08 pm
Yesterday, we went to lunch with some friends that have a daughter the same age as our youngest. We were discussing spring break (this week in Mississippi) and I made the comment to the girls - only nine more weeks of school when you get back. I guess the "nine weeks" triggered their thoughts about report cards.
The friend's daughter chimed in that if she makes all As for the year, her parents were giving her $1,000. I immediately thought it was absurd, but the parents went into a spill about "its the only way to motivate her, etc."
A good report card in our family would be a trip to get ice cream, or as the pre-teen years hit, one of those nutrition teas. I guess I may be behind the times - but is paying for good grades (especially that much) commonplace?
The friend's daughter chimed in that if she makes all As for the year, her parents were giving her $1,000. I immediately thought it was absurd, but the parents went into a spill about "its the only way to motivate her, etc."
A good report card in our family would be a trip to get ice cream, or as the pre-teen years hit, one of those nutrition teas. I guess I may be behind the times - but is paying for good grades (especially that much) commonplace?
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Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:09 pm to anc
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one of those nutrition teas.
The what?
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:09 pm to anc
Damn. $1,000? Inflation hitting everything
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:10 pm to anc
Better than paying for college.
$1k is a bit much though.
$1k is a bit much though.
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:10 pm to anc
We give our kids $20 for every A on their report card, but it has to go into their savings account. My FIL matches it, so really they get $40.
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:11 pm to anc
Paying as a reward is fine, but $1,000 is absurd.
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:11 pm to anc
My parents would offer big bucks for As but the money they offered for Bs and Cs was enough too.
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:12 pm to anc
The more that's posted about modern parenting on the OT, the more faith I lose. No way my parents would have given us that much cash for grades - at most my sister and I would be rewarded with being able to pick out the restaurant we ate at on a Friday night then get dessert after.
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:13 pm to anc
A reward is ok. Maybe a meal at a restaurant or new CD. 1,000 dollars is a bit much though.
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:15 pm to anc
I am ok with $1,000 as long as they only raise the rate 1-3% each year so the kid can feel what it is like to have a corporate job.
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:15 pm to anc
I got an N64 and Mario one year for all A’s
That was a badarse incentive
That was a badarse incentive
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:18 pm to anc
Idk man. $1000 is a shite ton less than you would pay a tutor for the year if your kid is smart enough and all they need is the motivation.
Just have to look at it from a different perspective.
Just have to look at it from a different perspective.
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:19 pm to anc
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ice cream, or as the pre-teen years hit, one of those nutrition teas
Will cost
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$1,000
thanks to Brandon.
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:20 pm to anc
Rewarding them and incentivizing them is fine.
If they refuse to make a good grade unless you give them money, that’s totally different.
If they refuse to make a good grade unless you give them money, that’s totally different.
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:21 pm to anc
Must be nice to have a grand lying around you can give to a kid for Doing what they are supposed to do
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:23 pm to anc
I pay my 8y/o $2 for every 100% he makes on a test. I've only *not* paid him for 6 tests in two years. I don't know if he's smart or greedy. Either way his pay structure is about to shift to traditional chores/allowance.
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:28 pm to anc
If that's what they respond to, I don't see the problem. It would've worked on me.
Every kid is not internally motivated to get good grades. That amount seems excessive though.
Every kid is not internally motivated to get good grades. That amount seems excessive though.
This post was edited on 3/14/22 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:29 pm to anc
I have a system in place that they get paid for good grades but it’s not anywhere in the neighborhood of $1,000
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:30 pm to anc
My payment was not getting my arse beat if I didn't get any D's or F's.
Posted on 3/14/22 at 12:30 pm to anc
When I was in school my incentive to make As and Bs only was to avoid being grounded. Once I started driving at 15 (legal age back then), my incentive was to keep my car. It was expected, not rewarded.
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