A Reward System that works.

Designing a reward system for a child is much simpler than designing one for an adult. Just ask yourself one question. What does my child want the most? For most of us the answer is “to play and play and play and play”. 

A reward system that works is one that deals with what they want the most. My twelve year olds reward for good grades is more play time and the reward for poor grades is less play time. 

Here is what I do. If he gets all “A’s” on his report card or progress report play time is till 8pm during school nights. Of course, homework is always done right after school.  If he gets “A’s” and “B’s”, play time is over at 6pm on school nights. If he gets “C’s”, play time is only on the weekend. 

This system works like a charm.