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Should you bribe for exam results?

(27 Posts)
goldengirl Tue 14-Jun-11 22:07:13

Don't give in! Encourage her to work for her exams for what it will offer for her future. If she doesn't work then, sad though it is, she will learn the hard way. Is there something in which she is particularly interested she can work towards? Has she - or can she - get some work experience that would encourage her? Positive encouragement is far more productive. I'm afraid I don't believe in bribery.

GeraldineGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 14-Jun-11 18:34:28

(This is another Ask a gran question sent in by readers of the Radio Times.)

My daughter’s friend is being offered £100 per GCSE A-grade, and now my daughter says we should be offering her similar financial incentives. I refused to be blackmailed but my daughter can be very stubborn and she’s now saying she’s not going to work hard for her GCSEs. What should I do?