Good Behaviour vs Bad Kids. Here's one of Robin Grille's summaries of t empirical evidence:
"Contrary to popular myth, many studies show that whn childrn expect rewards, they perform more poorly....Rewards kill creativity. They discourage risk-taking."
naturalchild.org/articles/robin…
"Contrary to popular myth, many studies show that whn childrn expect rewards, they perform more poorly....Rewards kill creativity. They discourage risk-taking."
naturalchild.org/articles/robin…
2. "Rewards and praise condition children to seek approval; they end up doing things to impress, instead of doing things for themselves. This can hold back the development of self-motivation and makes them dependent on outside opinion." naturalchild.org/articles/robin…
3. "Rewarding children's compliance is the flip-side of punishing their disobedience. It is seduction in the place of tyranny. Many studies show that people who use more rewards also use more punishment; they are more likely to be autocratic." naturalchild.org/articles/robin…
4. "Meanwhile, the rewarder is like an assessor, judging what merits praise and what doesn't. This makes them somewhat scary to the child. The use of praise or rewards does not make children feel supported. It makes them feel evaluated and judged." naturalchild.org/articles/robin…
5. "Avoiding praise does not mean holding back the love and delight we feel for our childrn, nor our instinctual desire to encourage them - far from it! It is perfectly possible to join in with our children and celebrate every step of their unfolding, without being manipulative."
6/end. "The way is not to praise children but to APPRECIATE THEM. At school, when the work is made intrinsically interesting, enjoyable, meaningful and relevant, this works better than reward systems to improve both t quality & t commitment to the work." naturalchild.org/articles/robin…
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