Comments on: The Lesser Known Dangers of Bribing a Bilingual Child http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/04/the-lesser-known-dangers-of-bribing-a-bilingual-child/ Raising bilingual and bicultural kids Thu, 26 Jul 2018 07:12:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Bribing your bilingual kid to speak: yay or nay? | Multilingual Connections Translation Services http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/04/the-lesser-known-dangers-of-bribing-a-bilingual-child/#comment-1993090 Bribing your bilingual kid to speak: yay or nay? | Multilingual Connections Translation Services Mon, 30 Mar 2015 21:36:05 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=22120#comment-1993090 [...] her son to speak Spanish so badly that she admits to employing bribery to get him to speak it. She wrote about how her son has now turned the tables on her own tactics, using Spanish as a form of [...]

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]]> By: Bribing your bilingual kid to speak: yay or nay? | | Multilingual Connections | Teach. Translate. Communicate.Multilingual Connections | Teach. Translate. Communicate. http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/04/the-lesser-known-dangers-of-bribing-a-bilingual-child/#comment-122545 Bribing your bilingual kid to speak: yay or nay? | | Multilingual Connections | Teach. Translate. Communicate.Multilingual Connections | Teach. Translate. Communicate. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:14:47 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=22120#comment-122545 [...] her son to speak Spanish so badly that she admits to employing bribery to get him to speak it. She wrote about how her son has now turned the tables on her own tactics, using Spanish as a form of persuasion: Yesterday he asked me in English to play a dancing video [...]

]]> By: Patricia http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/04/the-lesser-known-dangers-of-bribing-a-bilingual-child/#comment-121480 Patricia Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:43:14 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=22120#comment-121480 Oh man. Thanks for the heads up.

]]> By: Kathleen http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/04/the-lesser-known-dangers-of-bribing-a-bilingual-child/#comment-120961 Kathleen Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:30:14 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=22120#comment-120961 Great article! I had to laugh as I am guilty of the exact same thing. My daughter hasnt initiated the bribing yet, but has tried to negotiate for more than I am offering her.

]]> By: Tracy http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/04/the-lesser-known-dangers-of-bribing-a-bilingual-child/#comment-120658 Tracy Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:24:33 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=22120#comment-120658 Puro coqueto! He kills me with those big brown eyes, charming smile, and the freckles sprinkled across his nose. LOL

I’m sure your cutie boy will be up to all kinds of clever mischievousness before the end of this year! Jajaja.

Abrazos!

]]> By: Tracy http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/04/the-lesser-known-dangers-of-bribing-a-bilingual-child/#comment-120657 Tracy Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:21:47 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=22120#comment-120657 Susan, this could work but the problem is how do you measure it and how do you remain consistent?

You’ll have to figure out a system. One summer I had a jellybean system going where I would let them add jellybeans to a jar for speaking Spanish or doing Spanish workbook pages but it ended up making me insane. Every time they’d so much as say “Hola” – it would be followed by “Can I put jellybeans in my jar?” … Then they would do a workbook page and if it was more difficult than usual, they would argue that they deserved extra jellybeans because it was difficult. If I gave one child extra jellybeans then the brother would complain it wasn’t fair because they had done a difficult workbook page the day before and they got less for it. They became obsessed. jajaja

I think a reward system using money or a sticker chart, and things of that nature could work but you would have to organize it in such a way as to avoid these pitfalls and the constant questioning of how much/how many for which behavior, etc. These kinds of things also work better when you have only one child since it eliminates the sibling competition/bickering.

Buena suerte!

]]> By: Sue Valencia http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/04/the-lesser-known-dangers-of-bribing-a-bilingual-child/#comment-120650 Sue Valencia Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:00:57 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=22120#comment-120650 Looove this story amiga! Tu hijo siempre me derrite, y con esa carita, ¡mas! Es un coqueto!
I hope my own little boy will one day try to bribe me by speaking English or whatever other language he learns. Definitely gonna raise a bilingual baby!
Un abrazote!

]]> By: Susan http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/04/the-lesser-known-dangers-of-bribing-a-bilingual-child/#comment-120646 Susan Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:54:20 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=22120#comment-120646 What about increasing his allowance if he uses Spanish? Make it a bonus. If a lot of Spanish is used, bigger bonus. No Spanish no bonus. You could tie this to real life since so many professions pay extra for bilingual people. I don’t know if this will work since my kids are still young, but this is my plan. Maybe you can give me some insight on whether this may actually work.

]]> By: Tracy http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/04/the-lesser-known-dangers-of-bribing-a-bilingual-child/#comment-120637 Tracy Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:31:50 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=22120#comment-120637 You’re too clever! I did have to bribe him for the photo jajajaja. He was like, “What is this for?! Is this going on the internet!?” … I finally got him to agree in exchange for a “bolis” (his favorite ice pops that he’s always asking me for!)

Thanks for reading and for your comment, Elizabeth! :)

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