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Should You Pay Your Child For Good Grades? Experts Are Split

Researchers and child development specialists still can’t definitively settle whether paying kids for good grades helps or hurts. Here’s what the evidence actually says.

Written by: Jeff Moss

Published on: May 15, 2026

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