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The team at LEGO® would like to hear about everyday occasions which you feel are worth rewarding your DCs for.

Here’s what LEGO® 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!"

So, what everyday occasions do you think are worth rewarding? Is it consistent good behaviour? Or maybe it’s doing their violin practice? Perhaps making the school football team deserves a hearty well done?

Whatever the occasions you feel are worth rewarding, LEGO® would love to hear about them!

Please share your thoughts on this thread. Every MNer who posts a comment will be entered into a prize draw, where one MNer will win a £300 Love2Shop voucher.

Thanks and good luck!
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I reward DD1 (4) with a marble in her jar for staying in her own bed all night. When the jar is full, she'll get a treat - probably a trip to the cinema.

I think anything could potentially be worthy of a reward. I'll buy my DC something (often Lego) for things like patiently undergoing medical procedures, getting a good report from school, doing anything I think was particularly worthy of praise - trying hard at something they aren't good at, for example. Or reacting when things don't go there way in a mature fashion.

But do I like rewards to be a surprise. I don't like my DC to think "If I do X, I will get Y." I don't use reward charts. Sometimes they (just) get lots of verbal praise and sometimes they get something tangible, sometimes it's something big, sometimes it's something small.

I would reward for potty training with Lego certainly, and great school reports, particularly great reading and being kind to others at school. My little boys (2.5 and 5) are Lego obsessed!!! I also think small Lego packs are great for things like giving to the sibling when there's a birthday because then they don't feel left out and are rewarded for helping making the birthday boy's day good!!!

Big rewards like an expensive toy are usually reserved for something like getting through a difficult hospital stay/appointment, getting an excellent school report that shows dedication and improvement or overcoming something that they've struggled with.

Everyday rewards are usually just verbal praise. The big tangible rewards wouldn't seem so significant if they're getting toys every week just for being good people ie remembering manners, doing homework.

Overcoming his fear of the water to swim a width at the swimming pool after years of not wanting to let go of the sides.

We offer treats for being a helpful and caring big brother at the moment. It's tough being the oldest and this makes a difference. Minifigures are a brilliant alternative to sweets and we also play the free Lego Apps together as a treat when the baby naps

It's definitely worth rewarding my son when he is nice/kind to his sister. Really trying to get the message across that being mean to her does him no favours!

I would reward for good school report/parents night or for the effort put in for a sport/dancing show etc. Wouldnt buy a treat for good behaviour as this is expected as a basic standard in our house - doing something especially thoughtful or helpful may get a wee treat though but not as standard.

my son loves lego and i usually always buy him lego as a reward for either doing well at school or helping out around the home such as putting the rubbish out, he also saves up money that he earns from doing little jobs around the house to buy lego at the moment hes loving the jurassic park lego and he wants the whole collection !!

We live in flats in a converted school so there are lots of doors and a lift to negotiate getting in and out of the building - DS1 gets rewards for being "helpful" and holding the doors open while I push the pram through or carry the shopping
Also, for helping make dinner or being kind to his brother (putting his favourite cartoon on iplayer when hes grumpy or fetching nappy and wipes for me in a poonami situation!)

For a while we gave a reward (10p or so) for every time someone complimented us on their behaviour. It had to be spontaneous though.

At secondary now, we reward each school award (for achievement, attitude, improvement or effort).

Staying in bed all night,being polite,
Doing something new.

For smaller things they may get a little bit more pocket money. They would get a lego minifigure treat when we are out shopping for a few hours and they have been well behaved with no groaning!

My DC are young - just 4 and 2 - so they get rewarded by stickers or marbles if they do as they are asked "first time, no fuss" from sitting down at the table, putting jackets on, upstairs for bath etc

Lego figures for my son when he is really helpful with his little sisters! My nappy helper! My fil buys Lego figures to treat himself when he has been good!

This isn't an everyday thing for the vast majority of people, but its an everyday thing for my DS and I.

My DS's(9) bowel doesn't work properly and he has accidents most days. He's in mainstream school so you can imagine some of the additional social issues as a result.

He has a reward chart where if he goes to the toilet at certain times (remember he won't feel like he needs to go) then he gets a sticker, and if he goes a day without soiling he gets another one. Once he gets 15 stickers he can choose his reward.

Thank you Lego for helping my DS focus on something that's so hard for him (even though it costs me a fortune!).

My son is autistic and struggles with alot of day to day things, we use lego to reward him alot! Some people think he's spoilt but he's far from it, the reward gives him something nice to focus on so he can get through the but he doesn't like and over the years some day to day things don't bother him as much. We use it for good work at school, being well behaved on a day out, we always use it when he has his hair cut because this is his worst nightmare but knowing he can have some lego afterwards helps so much!! And I connect stress how much I love the minifigs!!! We used to reward him with sweets or mags but I didn't like using sweets as it's bad for them then the minifigs came out and they are just perfect!!! Their just small enough to be rewards that you can do a couple times a week, their not bad for you and he adores them! He's utterly lego mad! We use it to calm him down when he gets overly stressed too, and even in school if he sits and ones his work they reward him with time to go play with the lego as it calms him down. It really is the perfect toy! We go to lego land every year for his birthday cos that's all he wants to do :-) lego has made our lives so much happier xxx

to quote another poster, my two are rewarded for "above and beyond", I definately bribe them sometimes but surprise presents when they've been particularly lovely - once DS was kind to another boy who was a bit ostracised at school, another time when he cleaned up his room without being asked, or when he was particularly sweet with his little sister - and recently we had some friends look after them overnight as we were both working very late, the report back from the friends was so glowing that DS definately deserved something in recognition of his helpfulness.

He tends to get tons of lego at Christmas and birthdays and DD (3yo) has gone straight to it, bypassing Duplo completely. I love that it comes in different sixes and prices so it is an affordable one off gift when we need one

My DC get lots of praise, love, hugs and more crucially- attention, when they do things that are praise worthy such as tidying away (because if I don't have to clear a space on the floor I can sit down and do that jigsaw with them),

They are quite young so we haven't gotten into any reward systems yet. I expect them to be kind to each other, to help pick up their toys, and to eat their food showing good manners. They're pretty basic requirements since I'm on my own for most of the week with them. Yesterday we were at the dentist so I treated them to a new book each to pass the waiting time. My neice is very spoilt, you can't take her anywhere without her demanding something and throwing a childish tantrum at 8yrs old.

Sorry but I wouldn't reward any of DS's acheivements with today's standard of Lego. Lego of yore yes. Back in the day where I had about 30 yellow, sturdy, tactile able-to-fit-in-a-child's-hand then yes. I only had one white window yet still had HOURS of fun creating.

Nowadays? Tiny, nay, miniscule pieces of cheap flimsy plastic. Ridiculous instructions built around extortionate prices cashing in on popular films

My DSes get rewarded for special effort rather than achievement. This is particularly important as DS2 has SEN & finds most things very difficult. I will also reward good behaviour over a period of time eg you've been very good today so you can have/do something special.

I think that rewarding good manners and positive behaviour is very important. Also achievements in school and extra curricular activities or reading or doing something special. We have a sticker chart whereby collecting 10 stickers warrants a little prize. So far these have been little mini figures. And after collect 50, a larger prize is rewarded.

trying hard in the face of adversity. (they were ill and had to put up with difficult circumstances and lego was used to reward their behaviour and entertain)

My son gets a box of Lego when he gets certificates at school. He's not only really proud to get the certificate, he looks forward to a trip out to choose his Lego. He sometimes goes for a minifigure, but usually one for the small sets at around £5. The problem is his little sister starts school in September so it's going to start costing twice as much!

DS has two Lego Rulers with minifigures on as reward charts - one for reading, the other for good behaviour. Each time the Lego Man reaches the next colour-band there's a small reward (minifigure, mixels, small box of Lego) and there will be a big reward at the end of each ruler (one of the Ninjago sets). Then Lego Man will turn round and march back again - Infinately Reusable Reward Charts

Each time one of the men goes onto a new colour band, there's a small reward (Lego magazine, mini-figure, small box). He's working towards one of the bigger Ninjago sets when he gets to the end of each ruler.

He wants the "good behaviour ninja" to win the race...