Reward program on Dateline?

Question

Has anyone seen this or does anything similar? I have seen this in on Dateline or one of those shows. It’s a reward and discipline program. You have chips, like pokers coins, the kids get them when they do chores or something that is rewarding. Like get a long w/ a sibling they normally don’t. Then they turn in the chips on Friday to get extra tv time, or internet time, something rewarding for them. I don’t know what this is program is called. However it looks like it teaches kid about responsibility. Do any parents use this out there and does it work and how? Any books on this to give me a base line to start?

Answer 1

i used this technique with my son for approximately 2 years. i used Popsicle sticks as his "token".

if he completed his chores without complaint, he would receive a Popsicle stick in his jar. he could then trade in his Popsicle sticks for rewards.

to start, just sit down with your child, and both of you decide what he needs to do to earn the 'token' and how many tokens he will receive for each 'chore'

also decide what the rewards will be. make some of them easy to achieve, such as 3 tokens for a 1/2 hour TV show and some of them more difficult to achieve, such as 20 tokens for an hour on the computer.

i found that this worked very well with my son. he would even think of other things that he could do around the house to earn more tokens.

he would spend some of his tokens on a weekly basis and save others up for trips to the movie theater or a new computer game.

sorry i don't have a book for you, but i hope this helps

Answer 2

My 4th grade daughter's teacher used a system like this with raffle tickets. The got points, both positive and negative, and every Friday, they would get one ticket per point to put into the "hat" for a drawing. They had some pretty cool prizes, toys, tickets to the movies and "homework passes" (a REAL favorite).

I know their class was recognized as the best disciplined 4th grade at the school at the end of the year assembly (they all got ribbons)!

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

I have been a teacher for over 12 years and used to do this. It only works for a few days and then the children lose interest. This types of rewards are called extrinsic rewards (saying "Good job!, stickers, candy, chips). What works best are intrinsic rewards "You did that by yourself! You worked on that for a long time! Look how neatly you made all the letters! You used so many colors on your picture!" These phrases are great confidence builders, help children to become self motivated, and help them to feel powerful. Intrinsic rewards are best!

Answer 4

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