This week I’m delivering a parenting talk to a local prep school here in Wimbledon about ‘Creating Happy Motivated Learners’, and one of the issues I’m going to discuss, especially during the school assessment process for the 7+, or 11+, is the danger of parents offer incentives/bribes to their children in exchange for good results. These can take the form of money, i-pads/ gadgets and even the promise of holidays to exotic destinations.
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