Parenting: Money for good grades??
 

Good or bad thing?

Some give certain amount for B's or A's.

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At our house it was $10 per A, $5 per B, Nothing else as a C is expected.

Today we have one Ph.D, one Masters, one B.S., one tradesman who did not go to college, and a third year at Texas A&M on the Dean's list.

We were very financially stretched while raising five boys and sometimes coming up with that money was tough but it was earned and deserved and paid gladly. I have never been sorry we gave it.

My boys are in their 30's so adjusted for inflation I would say an A today ought to be worth $20 at least. My kids have already put the grandkids on the pay for grades plan.

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when our boys were younger, we fell into the trap of discussing whether grades should be paid for or not. And then after lots of discussion with lots of people, for some reason, we decided not to. Now that our youngest is a Senior in high school, I wish we had NOT listened to those advised against paying for grades. If we had it to do all over again, I most certainly would have paid for the grades. Keith responds very well to money rewards and frankly, I am not above bribery to get the grades :)

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Shoot, people already do it to get visitors into church the first time. LOL

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I Think it's important to discover and pursue each child's potential. While that may not always be an A, you do need to establish what is acceptable and within the child's reasonable limits. We don't pay money, but anything (exercise, test, or chapter) that is not mastered is repeated until they do get a B or above. With this knowledge going in they will generally give it a good shot up front.

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When I was in 2nd grade I got smacked for getting a B. That didn't exactly make me want to try harder.

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Was cheaper then giving money! :)

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what?

Re: Parenting: Money for good grades??
 

oops. corrected.

Re: Parenting: Money for good grades??
 

We gave our kids money for all grades. Grace, ya see. :lol

(j/k, btw ;))