From an educational/psychological point of view, is it okay to reward children?
For example, if they learn how to tie shoelaces or if they get good grades, do they expect to receive sweets, etc. Or do they have the impression that they'll only receive praise once they're successful?
Yeah, that also strengthens self-esteem, so I have more problems because I was never rewarded or never seen anything. Children feel proud and somewhere you have to show the right way to the children.
I wouldn’t mention it, but positive feedback. It is not necessary to “reward” any thing that makes a child good and right. In most situations, it is sufficient if it gets a positive reaction in any way.
It is an incentive for many children to make further effort when they know that at the end of the path there is a goal they can look forward to. Children are still very easy to motivate and like to work towards a goal. However, rewards should always be in proportion, maybe a little sweetness or something in the way – they are also happy about it.
In the ‘big whole’ this method has proven itself, I would say.
You don’t have to reward everything without pardon. It is also enough to say that this and that have done great and that you are proud of it. A verbal reward
With rewards you should not be too wasteful. This would be like the sporty “combats” which are often performed today, where at the end everyone gets a medal. The children are only happy, but of course they see that the medals just distributed are worth nothing when everyone gets one.
Of course, you can say to a child: “I think that you can already bind your shoes on your own.” But when I begin to praise every loop over the green clover, the praise loses its effect. Worse yet: it is proven that children begin to avoid actions that they cannot yet perform or can only do badly. They avoid the risk, because they may not be praised.
One should show a child that it is loved, regardless of his achievements. And if you are looking forward to a new skill, you can enjoy it. This is also quite honest and authentic.
Praising children is important. But for every little thing must reward and not be. Of course you can also be donable in a special situation. But not for everyday.
The child learns to bind shoes. And if that can then suffice a thick, fat praise. There’s no Schoki here.
This could be done, for example, if the child washes off the table unrequired (the dishwasher cleansed) because it notices that you are completely broken.
What else should they be praised for? That they breathe independently? Just because they’re here?
Of course not, but it can be that they lose intrinsic motivation by rewarding and, for example, are only interested in rewarding or just do a deed when they are rewarded in return.
That’s how life works
Just because they’re here? You should show children that they are loved. Just because they’re here.
So…
Armer Kevin…
I find praise and recognition are enough “reward”.