要不要,该不该去贿赂你的孩子？_BEC初级作文

要不要,该不该去贿赂你的孩子？

Okay, be honest: Do you bribe your kids? Do you offer them cash (or similar rewards) for good behavior? For grades? For abandoning the cell phone at the dinner table? For keeping the cursing at bay?

好了，老实交代。你是否曾贿赂过自己的孩子？你是否会给他们发钱（或类似奖励），让他们保持良好的行为？获得好成绩？或在吃饭的时放下手机？别惹你生气？

I'll confess. I've done it, albeit with so-so results. (My offer to pay to go to the gym was initially welcomed then discarded in favor of other, non-sweat-producing activities.) And so have half of all parents, according to the most recent T. Rowe Price Kids and Money Survey. More than two-thirds of parents told the data collectors they're very or extremely concerned about setting a good financial example for their kids. Yet, bribery seems to fall within the acceptable boundaries.

我承认，我做过这种事，虽然结果并不理想。（我提出付钱让孩子去健身房，最初这种做法受到欢迎，但后来惨遭抛弃，因为孩子爱上了其他不需要流汗的活动。）而据最近的T. Rowe Price基金母婴调查显示，约有一半的父母曾经做过类似的事情。超过三分之二的父母对数据采集员表示，他们非常或者极其关心给孩子树立一个良好的财务榜样。而贿赂似乎在可接受的范围之内。

That raised three questions for me: First, is bribery on the up-and-up? Years back I listened regularly to a radio psychologist named Dr. Joy Browne. She was hugely in favor of bribery to get the desired results. But does that opinion extend to kids and money? Second, what's the difference between a bribe (which has huge negative connotations) and an incentive (which doesn't)? And third, if you decide a bribe is okay after all, how do you structure it to produce the outcome you're looking for? Here are the answers, one by one.