https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:42:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036829 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 22:20:06 +0000 matador84 2036829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't, but DH bribes/negotiates with DS and it drives me crazy...because it DOESN'T work! "If you eat all your chicken nuggets...you can have a cookie." Then he goes and gives him the cookie anyway. I told him at dinner tonight that we need to tighten it up and stop doing that! We meaning he. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036820 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 22:13:34 +0000 jmarionsmith 2036820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>all day, every day. (really that's not much of an exaggeration...)</p> <p>@erinpye: exactly! i've always said life is one big bribe! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036817 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 22:10:40 +0000 erinpye 2036817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely! Incentive makes the world go 'round! I asked a child psychologist about it, and he was all for it, and asked me, 'do people go to work out of the goodness of their hearts, or for their paychecks? :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036790 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:51:45 +0000 Boogs 2036790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any parent who says they don't is a liar! :silly: Really, though, sometimes we have to! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036445 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:49:46 +0000 woodentulip 2036445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only if things get harried. Like at a wedding, I will give them candy to keep them quiet! Or once I told them they could get a new beanie boo if they were good at another event. </p> <p>More often I find myself pulling the "you won't get a story if..." route, taking things away instead of sweetening the pot. Seems to work for my kiddos! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036440 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:47:14 +0000 Radish 2036440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036409 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:30:12 +0000 HabesBabe 2036409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, usually for dinner time ("If you try a bite of dinner, you can watch Peppa Pig later..."). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036399 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:25:13 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2036399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are there people who don't bribe? I just bribed my daughter with 62 cents to get her to put her coat on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036249 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:57:39 +0000 winniebee 2036249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: oh no she's not napping there?! I tried bribing for naps and that's one thing that it doesn't work for! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036246 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:57:04 +0000 winniebee 2036246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>"You can have two jellybeans if you....." Is how I start most sentences for our 32 month old. So, yeah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036241 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:55:31 +0000 LuLu Mom 2036241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm bribing is so evil...we use incentives ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036240 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:54:40 +0000 mediagirl 2036240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm going to start bribing my kid to nap at daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036230 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:52:57 +0000 Maysprout 2036230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't for every day things though for dinner we do usually have dessert after so she only gets dessert if she eats dinner. I'm not sure if that's a bribe or not. I find them really useful in teaching something new. Like potty training or learning to read. Sometimes I have trouble focusing Lo long enough but if there's a reward system she pays attention a lot longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036227 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:51:46 +0000 autumnlove 2036227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A little. I think my last one was with veggies and attending her friend's party the next day. It worked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036208 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:46:13 +0000 mrbee 2036208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used to like crazy, but it snowballed so we had to cut way, way back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036196 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:42:02 +0000 Freckles 2036196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I never knew how effective it was until I tried it. :silly:<br /> @yoursilverlining: LOL little terrorists indeed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036141 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:19:32 +0000 coopsmama 2036141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes!! He's obsessed with Altoids mints and chocolate chips so I will bribe him with one now and again. "If you eat your dinner you can have a chocolate chip!" It works great! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036126 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:11:27 +0000 yoursilverlining 2036126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: Toddlers are masters are negotiations....because they hold all the cards! Oh you don't want a meltdown in the middle of the store mom...well, pass over the bribe then!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036119 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:09:43 +0000 mrsjyw 2036119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Who doesn't? :silly: </p> <p>Not daily, but when there's a need, we find a way :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036094 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:53:29 +0000 prettylizy 2036094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: My sister is a professional political operative and she joked that she should hire E to do her negotiations.... changes the terms constantly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036092 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:52:37 +0000 yoursilverlining 2036092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I mentioned it to my pediatrician and his response was "well, I personally am not in favor of negotiating with little terrorists, but you gotta do what you gotta do...." lol :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036075 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:46:54 +0000 littlejoy 2036075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will totally bribe. If she understood it now, girlfriend would be sleeping through the night, and mama would be spending a lot of $ on candy! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-bribe-your-kids#post-2036073 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:45:24 +0000 prettylizy 2036073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We totally bribe our almost 3yo. Stickers, sprinkles on her dinner, Peanut Butter M&amp;M's...... shameless! Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do ;) </p>