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Should children be bribed to help with household chores?
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| Yes | 25% | 102 votes | Total: 405 votes | |
| No | 75% | 303 votes |
Yes
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Created on: June 08, 2010 Last Updated: June 09, 2010
Bribery is a harsh way to state paying your children to do something or taking away something as punishment.
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by Timou
Created on: June 25, 2009
Should children be bribed to help with household chores? This question is, to me, fundamentally flawed.
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Created on: June 23, 2009 Last Updated: August 12, 2009
Having raised nine children, I understand the power of a "bribe". It seems to do the trick when nothing
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by Troy Gardner
Created on: June 19, 2009
Bribe is such a strong word. Bribe indicates that a child doesn't deserve the reward a parent might
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by Jenna Pope
Created on: June 20, 2009
I bribed my kids with money. That was 30 years ago, and I am proud to say that all four of them
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by Dave Weeman
Created on: June 27, 2009
Although there will always be a strong case against bribing children to help with chores, more than
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Created on: June 26, 2009 Last Updated: August 09, 2009
The world around us revolves around the system of rewards and punishments. Right from the religion
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Created on: June 22, 2009
Getting children to do chores around the house can be a chore in itself, one the parent
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No
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Created on: February 08, 2011 Last Updated: February 09, 2011
Many parents today bribe their children to help around the house with chores. The most popular bribes
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by Shirley Love
Created on: October 30, 2009
According to Webster, a family is a group of individuals living under the same roof and usually under
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Created on: June 10, 2010 Last Updated: April 28, 2011
It is a sad day when this kind of a question has to even be asked. Whatever happened to just teaching
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Created on: August 06, 2010 Last Updated: August 07, 2010
This subject is one for huge debate and it is possible that people may find it somewhat easier to sit
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Created on: June 24, 2009 Last Updated: June 25, 2009
There is a distinct difference between bribing and incenting a child. Aside from the obvious semantic
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by Phoenix Aria
Created on: June 22, 2009 Last Updated: June 24, 2009
From my experience, bribing a child, be it with sweets, money, TV time, whatever, can lead to some bad
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Created on: June 22, 2009
It is not necessary to bribe children to help with household chores. As part of a family, children
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by Matthew Emma
Created on: June 23, 2009
I vividly remember my late father and the many household chores and projects he was always involved
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Created on: August 12, 2009 Last Updated: August 13, 2009
Should children be bribed to help with household chores? I may be from the old school but I do not believe
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Created on: June 20, 2009 Last Updated: June 24, 2009
Bribed? No. Paid? Yes. Children should not be bribed to do chores. However, paying them a modest amount
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Created on: June 26, 2009
Parents want the best for their children. Parents want their children to be happy, healthy and independent.
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by Toni Doswell
Created on: June 21, 2009 Last Updated: June 25, 2009
Children today are hardly given enough attention in the home due to parents working. Some children,
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Created on: June 25, 2009
Doing household chores are part of a family life and when you include your child you are giving him
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Created on: June 22, 2009
Children are our most precious commodity. They are also capable of learning much more than we believe.
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