A quick little survey, please include age, gender, and rather or not you have children?

Question

A quick little survey, please include age, gender, and rather or not you have children?
1. If you do have children, do they receive a reward for good grades? If you don't have children, would you give your children rewards for good grades?
2. Which is more motivating, a reward for good grades or the threat of consequences for not getting good grades? Why?
3. Would you send your child/ children to a school where they do not give grades

Answer 1

22.Female, no children.

I think rewards are good and can give a child movtivation, but I would expcet my kids to do there best so not all the time but yes everynow and then I would reward them.

I think the reward is more motivating because it's something positive and doesn't teach your kid to be scared if they don't get good grades.

Yes I would send a child to school where they did not have grades, I think it would take a lot of pressure of the kids and make them want to learn more.

Answer 2

I am 19 years old, female, and yes, I have a four month old son.

1. My child is not old enough for school, but no, I would not reward them everytime they got a good grade. That is something that should be expected. I will however, at the END of the year for their FINAL grades, reward them for all their A's and perhaps B's (depending on how well the child really is in school). I used to get $20 for every A.

2. I think, again, you should not be rewarded everytime you get a good grade. It is something that you should do for yourself, to better yourself and your future. When my child is in school, I will punish bad grades rather than do anything (besides praise) for good grades.

3. No. Heck no. What kind of liberal bullcrap is that?

Answer 3

1. I have two children, my oldest is in preschool so grades aren't an issue yet. 2. Which is more motivating depends completely on the child in question. Some work harder when they're worried about what will happen if they don't, some will when they think about what they get if they do. I'd like to think that there's a middle road, small rewards for a job well done, small loss of privilege for poor performance. 3. Yes I would, provided that the school educated my child in the best way possible for my child. Hope this was helpful! (Male, age 30)

Answer 4

age: 56 female, raised two girls

We gave a scale of reward with money since our kids did not get an allowance with no basis of accomplishment. $5 for A's, $3 for B's, $2 for C's $1 for D's, $0 for F's.

As far as threats for bad grades, we didn't give any. Encouragement was always given, and school activity was discussed EVERY day as to what they did and what they had to do for the next day. Expectations were laid out that they were to do their homework and we would help if they needed it. School work always came first in priority. Issuing threats is just a temporary fix to the problem and encourages kids to lie to avoid doing what they need to do. They bypass the threat with not telling the parents what they really need to do.

I wouldn't send my child to a gradeless school. It encourages 'any step forward is accepted as progress'. Life is not so lenient. There are expectations in every part of life/work. Might as well learn early that there are goals that must be met and deadlines to meet. the exception to this would be the physically or mentally handicapped child.

Life doesn't follow a "whatever" attitude. School shouldn't either.

Answer 5

I'm 25, female and do not have children. However, I will answer your survey according to my upbringing and experiences as a child, as well as what I expect to do when I have children.

1) I did recieve rewards for good grades, and will do the same with my children.

2) For me the rewards changed according to my needs/desires as I grew older. As a child it was some candy, and as I got older it was clothes or something. Nothing too extravagant, just nice.
I will probably do the same for my children.

3) I went to a school where there were grades and I will definitely send my kids to one like that. I think that grades motivate you as well as tell parents where the kids need improvement. It's a good way to uniformly understand a child's ability.

Answer 6

Age: 16
Gender: female
Children: I don't have any

1. I would reward my children for good grades.

2. I think a reward would be more motivating because it reinforces good behavior, but it really depends on the child.

3. If you mean a chool where all classes are pass/fail, yes I would if the child was a responsible student and that school was the best fit for them.

Answer 7

age: 20
gender: female
no children

1) I would give them extra privileges for good grades because good grades means they are responsible enough to keep their priorities straight.

2)rewards for good grades. Being threatened or punished just makes you mad and gives you the ability to misplace the blame. Instead of saying "I deserved this punishment because I didn't do what I should've" most kids say "they're so stupid. I hate them. They're always picking on me. I can't wait 'til I get old enough. Nobody will be able to tell me what to do" and on and on and on. They don't accept the blame, so punishments are uneffective.

3) Nope. The real word doesn't work in such a way that you never receive blows to your pride or criticism or negative feedback, so why should I send them somewhere that lets them practice living in such an environment? That's setting them up for culture shock in college and the work force.

Answer 8

age: 17
gender: f
kids: no
1. No, i would not give them material rewards for good grades.
2. Threats are bad because they create an environment of fear. Rewards are bad because they make the kid all materialistic. I'm in favor of emotional support and encouragement. Little kids generally want to please their parents, and then they get into the habit.
3. No

Answer 9

first of all, i dont have kids cuz im at young age although, i would give rewrds to my kids if they got good grades because it makes them feel better about trying harder. even though right now as akid i am not getting an allowance for getting good grades from my dad but my mom is giving 5 dollars for evry A and 3 dollars for evry B and 1 dollar for evry C. if i get d's or f's it taked away money. so thats how it is.more motivating to me would have to be ebing threatened of consenquences because its not like ur kids are not afraid of u if u just punish them it will just make them feel bad about themselves and keep screwing up just on purpose u know. i wouldnt like to send my kids to a school with no grades because that would just not make any sense. i would like to know how my children are doin g in school. well i hope i answered ur questions well enough. just e-mail me if u have any other questions!!! (15, f, dont have any kids)

Answer 10

age: 21
gender: female
have kids?: nope

1. i would give my kids rewards for good grades.
2. i think you need a balance of both negative and positive. i know i did. a kid isn't always going to respond to positive rewards.
3. what school doesn't give grades?? i would NOT. it is important to remember that school prepares your children to be a part of the rest of the world. sending them to such an unorthodox school would leave them ill-prepared for what the rest of their life may bring.