Should Kids Be Bribed to Do Well in School?

[monster]

<my kid> will do almost anything for money.

*emphasis and depersonalization mine*

NOT PERSONAL.... but is this a trait we want to encourage? Think dealing a little dope in school to make a bit extra..... it's almost legal, right...not like pushing herion...certainly wouldn't do that.... or maybe getting in trouble for a cash bet.... "twenty says you won't squeeze that cheerleader's tits and run away".... well it's not rape and she fancies me anyway and I can take her out with that money....

[Aliantha]

Originally Posted by monster

*emphasis and depersonalization mine*

NOT PERSONAL.... but is this a trait we want to encourage? Think dealing a little dope in school to make a bit extra..... it's almost legal, right...not like pushing herion...certainly wouldn't do that.... or maybe getting in trouble for a cash bet.... "twenty says you won't squeeze that cheerleader's tits and run away".... well it's not rape and she fancies me anyway and I can take her out with that money....

When I wrote that the context I meant was that he'd litterally do the shittiest jobs to earn a dollar. jobs like cleaning out the cats run etc and just the crappy jobs that no one wants to do.

I understand what you're saying with your post, but the flip side of that is that kids learn that if you want something you have to earn it, which is the lesson Mav has learned recently. He wanted an xbox 360 of his own to use, so I told him he could earn it by working, which he did. It took him almost half a year, but as far as I can tell, he thinks it was worth it.

I think there's a difference between kids forming their own - often misguided - ideas of how to get somewhere in life, and being a responsible parent who teaches them that if you want to get to the top you'll have to get your hands dirty first.