A Parent's Creative Strategy for Encouraging Reading Habits
A viral social media post highlights a unique parenting strategy to encourage reading. A father shares that he pays his son one dollar for every chapter book he finishes, provided the book is at least 160 pages long. Having paid out $120 over the course of a year, the father considers it a successful investment in his child's education. The post is accompanied by a popular meme featuring the 'Roll Safe' character, suggesting that both the father and the son feel they are getting the better end of the deal in this arrangement.
I tried that with my kid. I offered $100 to read the Aenid. I think he made it to page 5.
$1 per book?! Fuck this shit, Im Starting an onlyFans
raise the amount to 5 or 10 . . . but have AI make a multiple-choice quiz on each book that he has to pass if he wants to get paid
Fuck off David
Sorry to tell you bud, 160 pages is quite small
Are you ensuring retention? This reeks of perverse incentive.
The rest of us
There's no way someone can read 120 books of at least 160 pages per year.
The Rebecca:
When I was a kid my parents offered me some pitance for good grades, like "$5 for every A" or whatever, doesn't matter. As a kid though I was psyched, worked extra hard that grading period, couldn't quite pull off all A's but my overall grades were greatly improved including a lo