Ben by Daniel Shelton for February 12, 2015

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    pschearer Premium Member over 9 years ago

    I feared my dad’s belt. Didn’t help my grades any.

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    lockwood53  over 9 years ago

    not a joke…

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    jimshari222  over 9 years ago

    Comics aren’t always funny. Sometimes just thought provoking.

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    gobblingup Premium Member over 9 years ago

    So is wanting a good life considered to be greed? If I want more than living in poverty and uncertainty and I’m willing to work for it, is that greedy? I think there’s more to motivation than fear and greed.

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    morningglory73 Premium Member over 9 years ago

    My parents beat the heck out of me and for the love of pete I can’t remember why…..

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    alondra  over 9 years ago

    It’s always better to use positive motivation rather than negative. A kid (or employee) is likely to perform better when there is a reward (money for good grades or a bonus) than if they are threatened (loss of privileges or getting fired). I wish more parents and bosses realized this.

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    pschearer Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Yep.

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    pcolli  over 9 years ago

    Punishing a child for non achievment will only alienate him or her from you.

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    Font Lady Premium Member over 9 years ago

    @Night-Gaunt49

    From yesterday: academic subjects were given A, B, C, or F while things like citizenship and other non-academic subjects were given E for excellent, S for satisfactory, and U for unsatisfactory. Occasionally instead of S and U they would have I for improving and N for needs improvement.

    My kids knew that in elementary, if they got top grades, they earned money and if they got the lowest grade, they lost money. I changed the reward when they started middle school because they had so many grades that I was going to go broke. Of course by that time they were in the habit of doing well at school.

    The next reward was only to be claimed if they made straight As all year. I promised them a trip to 6 Flags including spending the night in a hotel with just me and no siblings unless a sibling had also managed the feat. Only my youngest managed it.

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    Hunter7  over 9 years ago

    Sometimes just spending the time with the child. Helping where you can help, but mainly just being there, giving undivided attention helps. Money need not change hands.

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