Currently, children may get some money as an award from their parents for the high grade they get at school. From my perspective, however, it is not a good idea for parents to do so.

In the first place, awarding children money for good grades at school will have adverse effects on their development for a long time. As we know, it is necessary to develop an interest in studying when people are young. If a child often gets money when getting a high score, he or she will have the wrong idea of inevitably associating the high grade with money. If so, he will study hard only in order to acquire money. Once the parents stopped paying money, the kid had no incentive to learn the knowledge. Take my sister as an example, when she was young, she was always given money if she got a good mark. So she worked harder to get more money. When she got into high school, my parents didn’t give her money as an award. And then on, she felt that studying was boring and dull, so she got poor performance at school. Therefore, parents should not award the kid money if they have a high grade.

Furthermore, parents should adopt other positive methods to awarding their study. It is because beneficial awards can inspire kids’ interest in the study and broaden their horizons. For example, when I got a good grade in high school, my parents allowed me to travel to Beijing as an award. I went to the Palace museum, learned the history of the Qing dynasty, and knew a lot of stories of celebrities. This experience expanded my eyes and made more interest for me to study history. Besides, the visit to Tsinghua University made me yearn for it, which stimulated me to study harder. For me, traveling to Beijing awarded by my parents is much more meaningful than giving me money.

In conclusion, it is advisable for parents not to offer their children money as an award due to the negative consequence of such a method as well as other better approaches.