Emily Chan
Then, there’s bribing. Offering a reward to your child can be a good thing, but that depends on when you’re presenting it. Giving a reward to a kid in the middle of throwing a tantrum is not what you want to do.
Sure, it may be successful at getting them to calm down, but really, it’s teaching them that every time they make a fuss, they will receive something desirable in return.
When that happens, kids will expect to be rewarded for every little thing, and unfortunately, that’s just not the way life works.
This might lead to a child struggling with motivation to complete tasks and make it a challenge to develop relationships in the future.
Here’s how you can bribe your kids the right way. Promise them a reward before any bad behavior occurs.
For example, you can set an expectation by telling them if they don’t fight with each other, they can both pick out a toy at the store later. However, if they don’t follow through on their end of the deal, no reward will be given.
Hopefully, now you are more aware that the effects yelling, threatening, and bribing have on children lean more toward the negative than the positive.
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