I am not into rewarding as a practice at all. Really against bribery etc. But all truth be known I sure have used it at times with my older DD. She learned to downhill ski through lots of bribes, mostly candy. She ended up loving skiing and the bribes stopped once she got good enough to enjoy it. So I think everything can work at times and sometimes it backfires and sometimes it makes it fly. Knowing how and what to do with it seems more important than a hard and fast rule around any of it. At least it helps me with my own perfectionistic parenting:-)
