Quotes & Sayings About The Rewards Of Parenting

Unconditional parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason — Alfie Kohn

Leadership is giving out far more than one expects in direct return. The rewards are intangible, yet priceless. — T Jay Taylor

The basic idea that incentives can be used to motivate behavior is a powerful one. It works for employees, and it has a clear place in parenting, as anyone who has tried to potty-train a recalcitrant toddler with sticker rewards knows. — Emily Oster

The fact is that child rearing is a long, hard job, the rewards are not always immediately obvious, the work is undervalued, and parents are just as human and almost as vulnerable as their children. — Benjamin Spock

Like any other tool for facilitating the completion of a questionable task, rewards offer a "how" answer to what is really a "why" question. — Alfie Kohn

Of course her daughter got into Harvard: that is exactly the kind of parenting the system rewards. That's exactly what is wrong with it. — William Deresiewicz