Jessica Lahey
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877 appearances
2 recordings
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first heard Dec 2017
last heard Apr 2021
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And creativity.
So when it comes to learning, obviously extrinsic motivators are a nightmare because learning should be a long-term endeavor and and creative.
But
The exception is is that extrinsic motivators can work really well for
Tasks that are like
Put these blocks in this box or, you know, be quiet while you're on I'm on the phone for 20 minutes and you can have this lollipop or whatever.
That works fine.
The problem is that extrinsic motivators won't work over the long term.
So if you're trying to motivate a kid to be a part of the family and do household duties, to really want to be a um a responsible part of the family, then extrinsic motivators don't work, which is why, you know, just about anyone who talks about
how chore should work if you read um
uh an allowance.
If you read uh Ron Lieber's The Opposite of Spoiled, one of the things we know is that you know chores should not
uh be tied to money.
Like if you're gonna give kids an allowance, it should not be tied to household duties.
It should be about learning about money.
So I you know, I am torn on those things 'cause that's how we've always done it and they seem to work in the short term, which is true.
They're kind of uh
Deceptive that way?
But the problem is if you go to schools of character, like th so the c character dot org um
There's this organization that w that
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