Some parents offer their school-age children money for each high grade (mark) they get in school. Will this do good or harm to children?

It is a tendency that parents pay an increasing attention to the education of their children and

they

of them or themselves

their

desire to try every possible measure to facilitate children’s learning process. Recently, the phenomenon that parents reward children

money

for getting each high

mark

in

school

has caused public concern. Some people indicate that it will distort children’s attitude toward

study

, leading them to regard

money

as the ultimate aim of

study

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the study

.

However

, from my perspective, it is a good way to encourage children to learn with higher efficiency, achieving better

school

performance

. To start with, children now are usually suffering great pressures from

school

as

well their parents

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well as their parents

. Receiving

money

for their excellent

school

performance

might lead them to feel a sense of accomplishment, providing them with motivation to persist in hard working.

For example

, when I was in primary

school

, my father always rewarded me with 100

RMB

for a full

mark

, 90 for 90 points and etc. By receiving

these amount

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this amount

these amounts

of

money

, I felt that all the efforts I had made were worthwhile and I was greatly motivated to devote more time to

study

with high enthusiasm;

otherwise

, it might be hard for me to keep on pursuing better

school

performance

for a very long time. Obviously,

money

is an effective stimulus.

Moreover

, receiving

money

from parents as rewards

provides

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provide

children with chances to manage their little “treasury”, cultivating their financial management capability.

Although

children can learn some basic math theories in the classroom, seldom to they have the opportunity to put these theories into practice. But if children are given

money

as encouragement,

this

situation may change.

For instance

, once I want to purchase a SONY

Walkman which

Accept comma addition

Walkman, which

costs more than 800

RMB

. After careful thinking, I made a detailed plan:

first

, trying to gain 300

RMB

for high grade;

then

, deposit

these amount

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this amount

these amounts

of

money

into

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in

bank

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the bank

a bank

to get some interests. I seriously followed the plan and at the end of the year, I got 350

RMB

in

totally

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total

for my good

school

performance

and 500

RMB

lucky

money

from my grandparents. It is

clearly

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clear

that children’s financial management capability is highly promoted in

this

way. Admittedly, it is unwise to give too much

money

once a time when children get a good

mark

, since it might cause children to form some kind of misconception of

study

.

However

, if parents reward children with a proper amount of

money

—just enough to drive the children to keep forward, not too much to trigger some misconceptions—

such

rewarding brings more benefits than drawbacks. Judging from what I’ve mentioned above, I reinforce my idea that it is good for parents to grand their children

money

as a reward for getting

high

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high marks

a high mark

mark

in

school

.