Your child agrees to eat some broccoli in return for a sticker. He knows if he gets enough stickers he can pick out a toy. Will he keep eating broccoli when the rewards stop? New research says, well, maybe.
Studying the effects of non-food rewards on healthy food acceptance in kids is hot right now. Doesn’t this go against everything we know (and I teach!) about rewarding kids for eating? Let’s first look at the research.