If you offer rewards to get your children to do what you want or if you are in the habit of “catching a child being good” so you can praise what you see, then you’ve probably noticed that rewards and praise don’t work very well. 

Rewards change everything into an economic transaction. You just want well-behaved kids, but you get mini capitalists who raise the price of good behavior once they notice you’re willing to pay. 

Bribery is a trap. Find out how to escape it… and how to get your kids to behave once bribery is a thing of the past.