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Every parent and teacher has faced the question: What can I do to change children’s behavior — to get them to listen quietly, or brush their teeth, or do their homework? Should I offer a prize of some kind — a cookie, a toy, a couple of bucks? Or will that mean they’ll never learn to make these choices on their own, when prizes aren’t present?

A on the provides new food for thought on this perennial question. I joined the conversation to talk about some of the research on monetary rewards, which was discussed in a recent Time Magazine article, “,” by ¹ú²úÊÓƵ’s Schwartz Fellow , and in a science article I wrote for the New York Times in 2009, “

The guests on the BAM radio segment are Edward Deci, a psychology professor at the University of Rochester, and James Windell, a clinical psychologist for the Oakland County Circuit Court. 

. Where do you draw the line on giving children tangible rewards?