LEGO® rewards Feedback Thread – Non testers: what occasions do you usually reward your children for? 10 MNers will win a LEGO® set of their choice worth £50 *NOW CLOSED*

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This thread is for the 30 Mumsnetters who are currently participating in the LEGO® reward activity.

Here’s what LEGO® have to say: “Here at LEGO®, we’re interested to see what occasions you would consider rewarding or treating your kids with LEGO®? A great school report. Holiday treats. Good behaviour on a trip to the dentist. Helping in the garden. Tidying their room. Mum's little star. There is a great LEGO® gift idea starting from £2.49 that is fun, creative and made for every occasion. With so many sets to choose from, we think LEGO® is a fantastic gift for every occasion and we’d like you to tell us about it!”

Non-Testers: LEGO® would love to know what occasions you usually reward your children for. Everyone who adds a comment will be entered into a prize draw where 10 Mumsnetters will receive a LEGO® set of your choice worth £50.

Testers: We'll be asking you to add feedback three times - we'd like your first impressions now and at the end of each week of the testing period, we’d like to know when you rewarded your DCs with a LEGO® set, if at all.

So for your first impressions, we’d like to know:

• Which LEGO® sets did you receive?
• Which of your DCs would you be rewarding, if a reward/treat situation arises during the testing period?
• Over the testing period, are there any particular occasions (other than Birthdays, of course!) which you think might be a suitable time to reward your DCs with LEGO®?

Every tester who posts their feedback will be entered into a prize draw, where one winner will receive a £300 Love2Shop voucher.

Thanks and good luck!
MNHQ

PS: We've 'highlighted' the testers posts on this thread so we can see them!

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Tester: We've only 2 days left and the twins are really trying hard in the mornings. If we have a wobble I remind them of what their reward will be and we're back on track. They really love Lego.
:)

Non tester.

My DS is 22 month and we reward for good behaviour, not achievement. So sharing, doing as asked etc. Bit young for Lego, but currently have rescued his Dads huge Lego collection from Grandma's house ready for him when he is a little older :)

My little boy absolutely LOVES Lego. His birthday and Xmas are both in December so its a long time to wait between getting gifts so we try and use Lego as rewards for good behavior for a week or making his bed for 2 weeks etc

Non-tester. We don't really do rewards.

We reward for school achievments/ reports.

It's just like getting a bonus at work. My son is lego crazy and has a very long list of needs??

Hi, I'm a non-tester. My children are a bit older now (DS is 14 and DD 9) and I am moving away a bit from offering rewards for specific behaviours/achievements as sometimes it feels all too much like a bribe and a bit of a battle and it is the withholding things because they haven't got to the target yet that then becomes the focus rather than the reward.

!Nowadays we all get more fun out of me spontaneously noticing a good run of general behaviour, being happy with them and getting either of them a little unexpected treat to mark this. Lego would go down very well with both but not many of the smaller sets are for older children. I tend to look for a bigger set on sale in the school hols and surprise them with it so the can build together (and collaborate, hurray!). Lord of the Rings, Batman, some of the Lego City etc is very good for this as spans the gender and age ranges and I get some peace (reward for me)! Am hoping to try some of the more technical famous landmark sets on them soon.

Hi,

I'm a non-tester. We reward for extended good behaviour e.g. behaving on the journey and during an event - Church service or adult family party / meal out. Or if either of them have done well in a nursery / school play or sports event.

We don't currently have reward charts for set activities.

Tbh I hadn't thought of giving Lego as a reward. We usually give a magazine or take them to the local independent toy shop and let them choose sthg. Guess that is the same principle as giving Lego

My ds is a huge Lego fan, mostly Star Wars and Marvel/DC Superheroes but he has some Lego City sets too. The majority of what he has he got for birthdays or Christmas. DD is 13 so make up is the biggest reward from her . We reward for lots of different things, but mostly when they have achieved something that was challenging or if they were worried about it and still managed to do it. TBH I love rewarding mine with books, they aren't too expensive and I get pleasure seeing them read them. The new small gift sets are a good idea as long as they aren't really easy/quick to build (and then don't fit in with sets/Lego they already have). If they are like that then i'd rather DS had the money and saved up for a bigger set.

Non tester btw

Non tester.
I reward my kids for doing whatever is a particular challenge for them at the time. So at the moment DD1 gets a small (edible) reward for behaving in her swimming lesson and not having a meltdown getting into her swim suit. DD2 gets a similar small reward for doing poo in the potty, with a take n play Thomas engine as an incentive to get to the end of her poo-in-potty reward chart. They have treats at other times of course, but these are the ones that are considered rewards for specific behaviour.

Non-Testers: DCs aged 14 and 9.

Doing chores, random acts of kindness, selflessness, working hard without having to be nagged reminded or even asked!

DC2 would welcome being rewarded with Lego Friends but think DC1 is a bit beyond Lego (unless it was some type of Lego coding! now there's a thought

Non-tester. I rewarded my daughter for sitting her Grade 1 piano exam, making the point that it didn't matter if she passed or not. The reward was for having the determination and courage to give it her best. She loves Lego Friends.

Non tester.

I reward both dd's for:-
Getting ready in the morning without fuss
Getting to bed without fuss
(dd2) getting hair washed without climbing out the bath!
(dd1) doing something good at school, 100% in spellings, doing homework.
Finishing a course of medicine without too much fuss (some taste revolting)

Sometimes I give a sticker which then builds up to a smallish treat. Sometimes straight for treat, depends on how hard it is.

Sometimes I just like to treat them. Keeps them on there toes!

non tester - I reward my son when he has done something special like achieved something at school. When he was bullied I rewarded him with a treat to take the pressure and focus away from what was going on in his everyday hard to deal with life.
With lego it gives you something you can focus on and really achieve something and see it coming together before your eyes.

Non-tester's feedback. I buy Lego more often than I dare to admit, let's say, at least once a week. For all special occasions, and no occasions, just because it's the weekend, or a rainy day. My younger son is almost 5, and he's very good at understanding the instructions and building Lego which age range spans from 6+. One of our favourite quiet activities.

Another non tester. Both mine are into Lego big time. Last time we bought lego as the reward for filling up their sticker charts from school. One of my daughters saved up three sticker charts to get the Lego Elsa Castle. That was a biggie. Other times, we buy lego for travel treat, i.e be good on the journey and we will drip feed you lego!

Non tester
I reward DD randomly, ie not after a specific regular activity but when I think she's done especially well at something, or tried hard, or gone out of her way to be helpful. The only exception to this is that we always reward a good report.
DD loves Lego friends. She sometimes receives the mag as a reward and is currently saving up for a particular set.

I'm a non-tester, big Lego lovers here. I rewarded mine with the Lego Friends Sunshine Ranch when they'd been brave whilst I'd been ill in hospital.
We're moving home soon and they'll have a new house present, I'm thinking of the Lego Elves Treetop Hideaway. It will take their minds off leaving all their friends behind when we've moved.

On a small scale we tend to reward them for trying hard on something, maybe a school project or if they get an award at school. My eldest often gets a reward if she's had to have tests done in hospital or that sort of thing too. Depending on the event they might have a mini figure blind bag or maybe share a £10 Lego Friends set. Another big treat is a trip to the Lego store.

I reward my children for trying their best, my son has just gained his first swimming badge and he got to choose a toy for doing so well.

Non tester here:

My dd is just over 2 yo and has recently discovered lego, we will use the smaller sets to reward things like extended good behaviour or potty training. On a bigger scale, it would be more likely that due to relatives giving money, we would after a particular achievement use it to purchase a bigger set. This could be eating nicely in a restaurant then playing quietly with pencils and paper or my mobile phone whilst the others finished their meals. My dd loves the lego friends sets and I like how these can range from the smaller pets right through to the pony club set up.

Non Tester here (although would have loved to be a Tester as we're big fans of Lego)

Rewards are always important for great behaviour, or helping out around the house, or for finishing his meal (boy, aged 2).
Eventually, this will extend to achieving at school, as with my nephews/nieces who have been rewarded over the years for the same.

Non tester... my son really struggles with his spellings so each time he gets all of them right at school he gets a reward.

Non-tester here. DS, 4, gets sticker charts on a theme we're working on: over the last year we've had teeth cleaning, playing nicely (ie not hitting), good table manners, hair washing without meltdown, etc. If he gets 20 stickers over a month, he can choose a reward, and we usually have a ritual research visit to a toyshop when motivation is lagging mid-month so he can be working towards something. Prizes are almost always superhero or Lego-based.

In all honesty, Lego is so expensive that I tend to discourage him from choosing it. Not very successfully though!

DD has now received the second set of lego :) As promised, it was for finishing the course of meds without complaining. I do think that the tangible reward really helped. Thank you!

DD3 (younger DD of above) has gone out and bought a lego set now from the toy shop this week from her saved up money. It's becoming increasingly popular.

Non-tester
We reward our son for getting good school marks. Otherwise he saves his chores money to buy more