Philip Veater on Unsplash" />“I’ll give you £30 if you get a 9 in your English GCSE.”
“If you get an A* in your Maths A-Level, you’ve got £50 coming your way.”
While it can be unbelievably tempting to offer kids money to incentivise them to achieve high grades, experts warn it’s not always the best strategy for getting them to put in the work.
In therapist Jenny Warwick’s experience, issues around school performance are often linked to confidence, stress, fear of failure, perfectionism or family dynamics.
“Incentives are rarely the problem. Most teens are already very much aware of the importance of exams, and so fi...
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