Bribery

[lloydslights]

In a local shop recently, the bloke was looking for :

"a lolly to bribe my child for toilet training".

I was stunned.  

Thinking further, what would he bribe a child with to sit still in the dentist's chair?

Is this child a politician in the making?

DEB

[bushies.girl]

Not so much with my kids but all the time with my dogs lol

[bluecat*dancing]

Me,neither. It was never a part of my parenting.

[azureline**]

Positive reinforcement.

I didn't have to bribe my kids but they were considerably easy to raise and toilet train. (plus I was a stay at home mum)

Mostly it was "do it or life will be unpleasant for you today"

I admit I use "positive reinforcement" with my grandchildren................. I'm old. I can't run as fast as I did in my 30's.

This morning it was " get in the car or we will be late and won't get a car park"

what the heck is with parents who go to school 40 mins early to get a park???

[sineaterdoodah]

what's a park? 

*yes,i know,i'm an ignorant yank. it's why i ASK.*

**that wasn't directed at you,az! or anybody in this thread,i think! **

[***super_nova***]

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@lurker172602 wrote:
I can't remember bribing them with food (but I may have) but I did usually promise to buy 1 Little Golden book if all 3 behaved nicely in the supermarket. They "policed" each other because if 1 mucked up they all missed out.

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reward for good behaviour is fine, but junk food as a reward is not OK.  That makes the kids regard it as something special, something very desirable and not always available = even more desirable. 

[lurker172602]

Not really sure why you picked my post out to quote? What am I missing here. I'm not suggesting using junk food for anything.

[cherry*135]

sineater - an authorised place to park you car, in this case near the school so you can get the little darlings in & out of the car ( & walk them into school if they are young ones).. the carparks are in peak demand at school start/end time.

Az -- I used to go to school about 1/2 hr early to get a car park near the primary school. Even earlier if it was raining.

Do you call car parks (like where you park a car at the mall or on the street) something different in the US?

I didn't give my kids sweets when they were around 2 years old (potty training time).

My youngest used to get  little soaps shaped like animals etc, for rewards at one stage. She chose which one she wanted.

Both got a small bag of sweets for behaving on the weekly supermarket trip when they were older. They chose tiny golden nuggets.. - hokey pokey, chocolate covered. They both still remember that.

[channys_mum]

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@lloydslights wrote:

Just thinking more... do kindies charge more for untoilet trained kids.????

This whole modern day parenting is not natural to me.

DEB

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I asked a friend who's 3 year old is still in nappies about the fee thing. She said no she pays the same as if he was trained. $70 per day.

[green.fields]

Oh the parking thing, I never get to the school early and am always having a problem where to park since they starting building on all the vacant land around it.

3yrs and still in nappies, kindy's should charge extra.

[***super_nova***]

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@lurker172602 wrote:
Not really sure why you picked my post out to quote? What am I missing here. I'm not suggesting using junk food for anything.

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Because this thread is about bribing kids, mostly with sweets, and I was following up on your comment that you reward your kids with books.  I agreed that  with you that there is nothing wrong with reward as such, and then I went on to the other comments who  were all talking about lollies, chocolates etc.,