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Motivating your kids with bribes (or threats)?

“If you empty the dishwasher right now, I’ll give you a dollar.” Does this sound familiar? We’ve all done it: offered our kids little bribes — and maybe even threatened to take away privileges — to get them to do what we’ve asked. Here’s why we might not want to do this, even if it works.