Bribing Kids: Right or Wrong? About 70% of parents admit they have or are bribing their children, with 39% of it being money bribes. Almost ¾ of parents bribe their children but experts agree that most bribe deals go south quick with kids getting the “what’s in it for me?” attitude. Bribing kids will make them expect a reward or benefit for anything they do resulting in bribing to turn into negotiations. Parents bribing is a bad idea because it’s not the right way to fix a kids issue. Is bribing your kids ok? Parents should not be bribing kids because it does not work, it sets a bad mindset in kids who are getting bribed. Source D says “If you tell your child, ‘I’ll buy you this if you stop crying’ that’s bribery and its not good.” You’re teaching them that if they cry you’ll buy something for them and not realize the real reason that you bought it for, for them to stop crying. Source B States that “If …show more content…
While some briberies do work for a little while, they all get repetitive quick and the child soon gets the wrong message meaning the bribe was useless, Source A says “It leads to good behavior with a question attached: ‘What are you going to give me?’” proving bribes go bad when they’re very repetitive. Source B States that “Handing a child a reward for not missing the bus turns into a transaction” I would agree with this because the child will just realize that they are going to get paid to just get out on time. After a while they realize this and learn to get out on time because they’re going to be given a reward later. The reason why kids develop this bad mindset is because they are not being thoroughly told what the bribe is for, what good is a bribe if you have to repeat it consecutively. Parents who bribe their kids are also more likely to be bribing them wrong because they are not emphasizing that the bribe is only supposed to be a one or two time thing instead it becomes a daily