| Show 0 OUR U R CHILDREN 88 by ANGELO PATRI REWARDS aphis T pH IS a very good report 1 rita I 1 see you have a poor mark I 1 in n spelling and another in arith I and grammar cr ammar very good I 1 dont believe you are studying now ill tell you what ill do lf 11 you study hard this month and get a good mark in everything ill give you that set of dishes you want the nice blue ones in dalys window oh good for me ill get a L hundred to in every everything lhing you see well we will be satisfied with tess less than that you do your best and you will get the dishes for a few days rita works hard and the marks rise then she yawns a lit tie ile mid and says she Is tired studying she wants to go wt out to play guess shell rest now she will do tho the words in the morning dont forget that you want those dishes no pin im remembering ill study by and by less and less enthusiasm for study more weariness more need for play more forgetting until finally tier her moth er cr loses all patience and says sit right down and study now no more of this I 1 am not going to let you waste nn an more time low how do you think you are going to get the dishes unless you work 1 I dont care if I 1 dont get them till all right for you I 1 do work I 1 study hard as anything and the teacher gives me the hardest questions and makes we me miss on purpose rita weeps at tier her own grief the reward in store has failed to pull her along the hard road of duty rewards held in store stor e for future payment rarely work bribing a child to work falls oftener than it succeeds it la Is right to reward an effort re ile wards encourage children to push on when enthusiasms have died down they stimulate the child to fresh hope and they renew his energy but the reward must be immediate it must follow the good deed promptly children live in the present moment their failures and hopes and struggles are all of the moment to make a reward effective it must follow the performance immediately and be a surprise I 1 when y lien a child finds himself rewarded for something he has done he Is delighted beyond words the feeling Is 19 not all caused by the tho thought light of his personal gain with it and very strongly Is mingled a dep deep appreciation of your appreciation of his work and effort nothing so pleases us as to find that somebody was rooting hard for us all the time w we e struggled to win success dont promise rewards for work far la in tho the future make them immediate |
