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Paying kids to learn

September 10, 2008

Tags: paying kids to learn, stress, parenting, bribing kids, motivation to learn

Not long ago Wendy Grolnick and I published an oped in the L.A. Times titled, “Pay to Learn Shortchanges Kids: dozens of studies over 35 years have found that rewarding people for learning backfires.” You can see it at
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-grolnick5-2008sep05,0,2652576.story

Paying kids to learn is not (more…)

Books and Articles

Books and Articles
Saying No to Kids in a Yes Culture
Why Limits are Good for Kids
Marketing of Colleges Increases Family Stress
A Better Way to Choose a College
Pay to Learn Shortchanges Kids
What the research tells us