Do you reward straight A report cards?

::er!ca:: · #1 January 24th, 2012, 12:12 PM

Do you reward straight A report cards? If so, how?

Jaidynsmum · #2 January 24th, 2012, 01:53 PM

Over here kids aren't graded the same way they are in the US, so no, but if their report cards are good and they have a good report on parents evening they get to buy a book from the book fair that's on at every parents evening.

LovinMyGirls · #3 January 24th, 2012, 03:39 PM

I reward good grades yes. We don't get A's here either. But if they maintain good grades each marking period then we'll go out for ice cream or they can pick a place to eat.

Kimchi · #4 January 24th, 2012, 06:48 PM

Our school doesn't do report cards, but if they did, I would not reward for good grades.

mamma_anna · #5 January 24th, 2012, 09:22 PM

We reward good grades but it's not about the letter of the grade so much as how hard they've worked to earn it. If they've been getting straight A's in one subject all year, we're proud of them of course, but we don't make as big a deal out of it as we do for bringing a B or C up to an A.
We celebrate with a special meal or dessert that they get to choose but we don't usually go out or spend extra money.

Momof4Boyz · #6 January 25th, 2012, 05:09 AM

Yep! He will also get rewarded for bringing grades up!

krislati · #7 January 25th, 2012, 06:16 AM

I reward good grades and bring them up as well. I look at it like it is their job and responsibilty to do good in school, we like to get rewarded for doing a good job so why shouldn't they. I usually let Lily pick a toy/game/outfit/book whatever she has been wanting within reason and a certain price range.

Mommie2One · #8 January 25th, 2012, 11:36 AM

No. Good grades and trying his best is simply something that we expect out of him (like cleaning his room or brushing his teeth), so that is not rewarded. We tell him good job, and that we're proud of him, but I expect him to do his best and I know what he is capable of. IMO it prepares him for the real world. If you excel at your job, typically you are not rewarded (except you get to keep your job), nobody gives me high fives or takes me out to dinner for cleaning the house, etc. It's just what is expected.

Cesca · #9 January 26th, 2012, 08:45 AM

We did until we figured out that Sean was going to get straight A's every quarter in every class. LOL Then we just rewarded him at the end of the year. Now he's in a school with no typical grading system so we don't do anything.

BLTMommy · #10 January 26th, 2012, 10:23 AM

We definitely reward good grades, or bringing a grade up. I think it helps them strive to do better. Just like adults work harder for promotions or raises. If all of our work went unrecognized, we surely wouldn't work as hard.

Lucia_mommy · #11 January 29th, 2012, 12:33 PM

I do (different grading system, but getting the point here), but not explicitly. Usually she gets to choose what we eat that evening, and gets a (reasonable) gift. Like a book, or a doll/barbie, etc. No useless toys they play with once or twice; but both are crazy about barbies so I know it's a gift that doesn't go unwasted.

D@mnedYankee · #12 January 29th, 2012, 02:18 PM

sorta
Amber is normally a straight A student anyway so when she makes honor roll I bring her to her favorite bakery and get her either Baklava or a Cannoli which ever she wants but thats it. We dont reward with toys but I feel a treat is in order, she knows we expect this of her but when you do well at work even though its expected you generally get a performance based bonus now and then right? So I figure its the same concept her "job" is school and her chores at home since her allowance is her pay for chores school is where she earns her bonuses

Gaby&Emmy'sMama · #13 January 29th, 2012, 03:19 PM

I would

#5in2005 · #14 January 30th, 2012, 02:41 PM

No, I don't, and don't plan on it, I expect them to do their best and if that's not an A then that's ok. I guess if I had one kid it would be different, and all my kids do well in school but I have one that has gotten basically straight A's from the beginning, without having to try very hard. What message would I be sending my other by rewarding her and not them because they have fewer A's?

We're all about being your own best and celebrating being good at your own thing.