Comments on === The Jet Set: Reds Are The Best

All I know is Red 40 rules the universe.

2009-12-10T12:04:09.283-07:00

All I know is Red 40 rules the universe.

Hee hee. Jude would agree with you. Parenting is ...

2009-12-01T22:45:17.773-07:00

Hee hee. Jude would agree with you. Parenting is all about fear and shame, he says.

More importantly, I came to your commenting space to say: Nuh uh. Purple all the way.

Natasha.

I remember getting cash for chores - I know some a...

2009-11-29T21:37:21.218-07:00

I remember getting cash for chores - I know some are morally opposed to that - but it was about "earning" money.

Skittles are cheaper than a quarter/dollar reward for a chore.

Jilly, that's because, contrary to what my mother ...

2009-11-29T01:53:20.264-07:00

Jilly, that's because, contrary to what my mother thinks, my children do not get a lot of sweets and junk, so they will do ANYTHING to mainline sugar.

At our house we call it incentive. Can I tell you...

2009-11-29T01:31:23.105-07:00

At our house we call it incentive.

Can I tell you how super impressed I am that you can get your kids to do something for 2 Skittles.

I have 5 kids ranging from age 2 to 15 and I love ...

2009-11-25T05:24:13.808-07:00

I have 5 kids ranging from age 2 to 15 and I love this skittles idea. I have to admit that by the time they are teenagers nothing works like cold hard cash. I shamefully admit that I paid my 13 year old son to organize all our bins in the playroom (painfully sorting for about an hour).

yep- I'm out 25.00 but looking at the bins makes me so happy! I get a natural high from organization.

I figure if I pay a person to come in 2 times a month and clean the house I can hire my own kids sometimes too. As long as it's not a regular chore, I pay them.

Oh and yes- the reds are the best!

its not bribery. its a paycheck, but in candy form...

2009-11-24T17:45:22.526-07:00

its not bribery. its a paycheck, but in candy form. :D

and i think that reds are always the best tasting candy.

Earn, bribe, incentive....it's all motivation. Som...

2009-11-23T13:49:18.007-07:00

Earn, bribe, incentive....it's all motivation. Sometimes sugary motivation is the best kind.

Whatever works is what I say. Just think later on ...

2009-11-23T11:55:49.698-07:00

Whatever works is what I say. Just think later on in life they will be asking to borrow the car.. nope not until the room is clean. Is that bribery then? Then is our boss using bribery to get us to work... no work no pay check?

anna ate a bag of marshmallows in sacrament meetin...

2009-11-23T09:36:54.058-07:00

anna ate a bag of marshmallows in sacrament meeting yesterday as a reward for whispering, so i am not one to judge.

My mother says that bribery is used only to make p...

2009-11-23T09:23:49.755-07:00

My mother says that bribery is used only to make people do BAD things.

When you want someone to do GOOD things (i.e. clean their rooms, go poo or pee on the potty, etc.), it is called an INCENTIVE!

So, you should take the word bribery out of your parental vocabulary and exchange it with "incentive".

I like to think of it as a "paycheck" We all work ...

2009-11-22T21:06:17.725-07:00

I like to think of it as a "paycheck" We all work for our boss, do what the boss-man says to get our paycheck, why should it work any different with our kids? You're just teaching them the way the world works!

its only bribery if you give them the reward first...

2009-11-22T16:39:36.749-07:00

its only bribery if you give them the reward first. If they earn it, then its an incentive. Incentives are all over the place. Everything we do is because there is an incentive. Getting to Heaven is an incentive. When we help other people, it is because we enjoy the warm fuzzy feeling we get. Its not bribery.

Well it sure costs less than allowance! I mean, fa...

2009-11-22T14:23:54.748-07:00

Well it sure costs less than allowance! I mean, face it, pretty much all parents bribe. It's just most do it with allowance -- which kids spend on candy anyway. Less candy, less cost, it's a perfect solution.

We have chores that they do just because they belo...

2009-11-22T13:53:58.366-07:00

We have chores that they do just because they belong to a family.

And then there are the others that require us to fork over payment.

oh if it works continue on. nothing works at my h...

2009-11-21T16:04:55.691-07:00

oh if it works continue on.
nothing works at my house yet.
someday i will find what is their weakness and bribe the heck out of them.

It's bartering. They're learning work, and an impo...

2009-11-21T12:50:15.734-07:00

It's bartering. They're learning work, and an important life skill at the same time. Seems like we always negotiate how much candy is consumed at out house.

It's like allowance. Sugary, sugary allowance.

2009-11-21T10:40:43.763-07:00

It's like allowance. Sugary, sugary allowance.

life is just like this. there is nothing wrong wi...

2009-11-21T10:15:38.792-07:00

life is just like this. there is nothing wrong with learning early that doing work will earn you wages. unless you're a stay-at-home mom....then the rewards are a little less tangible and immediate. but since it's unlikely that either of your boys will be mothers, they might as well be paid for doing a good job at work they do. plus, even God does this....the ultimate parent bribes us for everything He asks of us. Is there any sacrifice or commandment that doesn't involve a good feeling or eternal reward for doing a good job? i say no....don't stone me, Internet.

No different than an allowance, I say. And Jooj d...

2009-11-21T10:04:49.366-07:00

No different than an allowance, I say.
And Jooj doesn't care about bribes. Screwed.

I disagree; purples are the best. And I would cle...

2009-11-21T09:45:02.575-07:00

I disagree; purples are the best.

And I would clean your house for Skittles.

I'd use this method if I could. Turns out my son i...

2009-11-21T09:10:55.532-07:00

I'd use this method if I could. Turns out my son is impervious to bribes. I have discovered no currency that works for him, so I have no leverage at all. Be grateful. Plus, you can ease your guilt by saying it's a dad thing, not you.

Sometimes bribery is the only way to go. Plus, yo...

2009-11-21T09:09:56.962-07:00

Sometimes bribery is the only way to go. Plus, you could say you're sort of teaching them to earn the things they want, which sort of isn't bribery.

I wonder what I'd have to do to earn a brightly-colored iPod. (Get your mind out of the gutter.)

EVERYONE does this. Everyone. If they say they d...

2009-11-21T09:05:55.070-07:00

EVERYONE does this. Everyone. If they say they don't, they are lying.

I'll tell you what, I'd give my kids just about anything they asked for as bribery to get them to all sleep through the night from 7 pm to 7 am.

(You know what else works well for cleaning up toys? Getting a big garbage bag and telling them everything is going to go to DI. That's sort of my last-ditch effort if I'm out of bribes.)

I have no problem with this system of exchange. T...

2009-11-21T09:01:53.518-07:00

I have no problem with this system of exchange. They want candy, you want the house tidy. Win-win :-)