Dr. Xanthe Weston
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If you take away the reward element, kids aren't going to want to do it anymore.
Remove the likes.
Take away the incentive because we've actually made a game of harm.
And we need to take away that reward system.
I mean, I don't know how many apps you use, but they use this, we call it gamification.
So on my health apps, it's like, oh, you've won this badge because you've done this.
You've trained for so many days in a row.
Or my hydration app.
Great, you've drank so many water bowls.
You've saved this many fish.
Like, you know, it's all of this reward system.
Oh, my watch.
My watch congratulates me for standing up.
Yeah.
Mine too, right?
Because it's the health thing and it's like, oh, if you do, just do a few moments, you know, movement, that'll be good for you.
Great.
In health, in education, these kind of rewards can be really beneficial and you feel like, oh, but it's the same in a negative context.
Yeah, that's true.
That's probably true.