Do you think by giving incentives (like money) for kids to get good grades, and do better in school, would actually work, or really make them any smarter?

I have to admit to being guilty of this one. I give my kids $100 if their end of term report has all A's or above on it, or $50 if it's all B's or above. Anything below they get nothing, except last time our youngest had risen from an E- to C+ in maths and the teacher wrote "tried really hard and a great improvement" so we felt he had earnt it.

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See, I think thats the most important thing, is to earn something, I don't think you should just tell your child, ok, if you do this good, I'll give you this much money. It really should be earned without knowing about it.
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by PurpleRN on December 21st, 2006
Thanks - I agree.
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by tris992000 on December 21st, 2006
at 8th grade graduation, two of the kids got "Cum Laude" - I hadn't known there was a competition or what the rules were - the school prided itself on not giving grades - so what were these "Cum Laudes" based on? and was it unfair that I didn't get one? and was it unfair that nobody told me about them or about the criteria for getting one?
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by purplecows on August 2nd, 2009

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