Is it a good idea to offer school kids money for each high grade? I don't think it is a good idea for parents to offer their school-age children money for each high grade. The following are my reasons. First of all, I believe that the most important thing parents should teach their children is being responsible for themselves. In other words, children should study hard to get high scores because they are responsible for their job as students not because their parents offer them money to perform great. For example, I always remembered that when I was a child, my parents told me that I studied for my self not for them. I learned to be responsible for myself. Moreover, I am benefited from this good manner at work. In addition, self-motivation is also an important thing that each child should learn. If parents offer money to motivate their children, they actually take away their children's oppotunites to learn how to motivate themselves. In the long term, it will do more harm than good to their children. Take one of my friend as an example, his parents used to offer money for high scores he got in school, and when his parents stopped offering money he lose the motivation to do well in school. That's why I think offering children money for each high grade is a bad idea and parents should not do this.