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Is it OK to bribe your kids?  And I don't mean like "Hey, son, I'll give you five bucks if you don't tell mom I used the nice table cloth to dry the car."  I mean for performance incentives; in school, sports, activities or other challenges that we want to see them do well in. Recently, my son, Layton, was in a patriotic musical production at his school, Castle Elementary.  He had a a few lines that he was to recite simultaneously with another boy his age.  His teacher told me a few days before that in rehearsals, Layton was way too quiet. So I bribed him. I promised him that if he was louder than the other boy, we would immediately make a trip to 31's (Morrison-Speak for Baskin Robbins). He was much louder than the other boy and I was so proud!  But as I was working on my single scoop of chocolate chocolate chip, I started to wonder what message I was giving my son. If you work hard you get a reward, or ONLY work hard if you know there is a...
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