PROS AND CONS OF THE REWARDS

PROS AND CONS OF THE REWARDS Recentlyhave been man therey discussions about whether it isgood or not to use external incentives or rewards to motivate our children, and for that reason I decided to write this article. This topic is as bigthe one as on whether we should usepunishments as a parentingtool. As with most things LQ OLIH EHWZHHQ WKH VROLG ³\HV´ RU ³QR´ or between black and white, there is an infinite number of shades. In order for anyone to evaluate and decide on the education of their child, they needto examine the issue in depth. We have to specifywhen we talk about that UHZDUGV ZH GRQ¶W RQO\ PHDQPDWHULDO WKLQJV $ UHZDUG Ln this regard can be a verbalpraise, admiration or an obtained approval. How to motivate behavior± this is the firstquestion I would like to discuss. There is no doubt± people do things that bringsomethin themg pleasant in return, a result, or we can also call it a ³UHZDUG´ ,W LV LPSRUWDQW WR NQRZ WKDW WKHUH DUH WZR GLIIHUHQW W\SHV RI UHZDUGV External reward, which could be something that the child might receive, or win; orInternal reward± a sense of accomplishment,pride, etc. More effective motivators are theInternal rewards. When we do somethingwe enjoy, we can do it over and over again without the need of a reward. However, in life we have to do things that we do not always enjoy, and in that case there is a need for an external incentive. Quite often the internal and external incentives are intertwined.