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Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Discipline Strategies Should parents use rewards to motivate their child's behavior?

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Rewarding children for desired behavior is not, or should not be, the same thing as bribing them. Should you use rewards for good behavior? The answer is a resounding yes.

It is important to keep in mind that you are rewarding the behavior after the fact, not bribing your child to behave or giving them candy in the hopes that it will occupy them long enough for you to finish shopping. The reward should be a natural consequence, not payment.

The key to rewarding desired behavior is in not promising anything. The behavior should be expected at all times. Rewards beyond praise for b...

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