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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!
MNHQ

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I think there's nothing like giving a bit of an incentive to a relcutant child and would use lego for this purpose as well as, as a reward for good behaviour after a GP/Hospital appointment or perhaps a meeting where patience from my child was required. I'd also break lego from a set down into individual components so that my child could earn a brick at a time....eg, for setting the table, good reading/homework, cleaning teeth, setting the table....different tasks depending on the age of the child. The aim could be for them to "earn" all the pieces over the course of a week so that they could put the toy together at the weekend.

Lego was one of my first ways in to my son's world - he has ASD and communication was, initially, incredibly hard. We used lego to engage him as a youngster and then as he grew, to reward him for managing difficult situations eg. being around large groups of people; asking for things he needed using first pictures, then words; playing a role in school plays and assemblies; joining in etc. However often this meant getting a lego set (expensive) and having to divvy up the pieces. A smaller treat set would have been ideal!!
He still loves lego now and the sets would make great Christmas stocking treats, 'doing your reading without meltdowns for a week' treats, trying new foods etc.

trying extra hard or being especially kind - I want to reward my two quite a lot really. Sometime sit is just because they have not bickered for a few hours!

With my son, I like reinforcing positive behavior, such as staying on green all day at school, trying new foods, been positive and happy etc... He has a reward chart and at the moment is hoping to get the new Lego Jurassic World sets, so hes working extra hard

In my house we have a lot of trouble getting out of the door on time in the morning so we have rewards for getting dressed and brushing hair when asked, for a whole week.....touch wood, it seems to be working!

Doing well at school helping round the house brushing teeth and going to bed on time are rewarded. I also reward being kind to each other and if my daughter lets her brother play in her room.

I reward my daughter for good manners, hard work and trying hard. It's so important to praise your child, not just so they'll rely on positive attention but because it boosts their self-esteem.

i try and give a random treat every so often, to reward good behaviour....the idea being she tries to behave all the time as she never knows when shell get a treat. and generally she is very good, but a quick reminder about a special treat not coming if she is being cheeky usually does the trick. i love giving lego blind bags as we then sit together and follow the instructions and have a great achievement when its finished.

I usually make up small bags containing various items, including toys, games, lego, activity booklets for each week of the school holidays & let my boys pick out of it each day if they've been good. My two are mad on mixels and mini figures too, so I keep a stash to hand out when they have done something nice without being prompted, so they get a toy and feel encouraged to behave well too

I'm trying to encourage my 3 year old daughter to get up and go to the toilet instead of wetting in her pull up in the mornings when she wakes up, i have purchased stickers and a reward chart, so i just need a suitable reward, lego is perfect.

Rewards for good behaviour and going above and beyond, but not too often as I wouldn't reward for doing e.g chores that are expected.
I would also vary the reward, maybe an item they wanted, or an outing or privilege.

My son gets rewards for being kind and generous to others from me. His father is just a big a lego fan so we have permenant displays of lego in every room of the house and he does not need any excuse to buy him more!

My boys are very little still but we have a reward chart, and they get rewards for being kind and gentle with each other and their friends, sharing their toys, going to bed on time and brushing their teeth!

My son is a huge fan of lego but to make it extra special he only receives it on special occasions. At the moment he is 5 years old and the youngest child in his school. He recently mastered a reading book he had taken a lot of time trying to learn and he put so much effort into it we rewarded him with the lego police station. He was super pleased with himself for being moved on to the next reading level and the badge he received for working hard, and he was even more pleased when he got home from school and found his police station waiting for him. The look on his little face was priceless.

Good behaviour, especially whilst out shopping. A wee bribe now and then definitely reduces the number of times I have to ask him not to indulge in silly behaviour. Or utter sentences like 'stop using the bath mats to rub your back against'

I took my (almost) two year old daughter to Legoland last weekend on my own and I was so nervous she would misbehave. She's gotten to the age where she's realised how effective a tantrum can really be. I had her buggy ready for her to go in but she insisted she wanted to walk all day. So I put all of the bags in the buggy and hoped for the best.
She held my hand the whole way round the park, all day (we got there 30 minutes after opening, and left just before closing time) and she queued beautifully for everything. I didn't have a single tantrum from her all day, she didn't try to push in the queues or run away even once and she was well mannered all day.
It might not sound like much, but she'd had surgery to remove a plate and screws from her leg less than a week before - and then walked for 6+ hours without complaining. She's my hero.
I think good behaviour all day without any prompting from me is definitely a good enough reason for a treat!

I offer treats/bribes for good behaviour at certain places. I also give little treats when they have done well at school or helped out in the house without being asked. We currently have lego in the house as we collected it from a newspaper a few weeks ago - the DC are aware that it's here and they are trying to earn it. Sadly it doesn't stop fighting or trouble but it does help.

Although specific tasks for specific rewards works very well, I do still like to have random rewards for good behaviour to keep them on their toes :)

I think its important to recognise and reward my children's achievements, no matter how small and insignificant because the important thing to remember is how it feels to them to achieve something. It is how self esteem is built. So we give maybe a toy they have been wanting for a while if they get a good school report, or have been brave if they have been ill. Lego is a favourite in our house and they would definitely be pleased with even a small £2.50 toy. However we think its important to give them lots of verbal praise and a hug to say well done too- maybe for trying hard but not getting all their homework right, or being nice to a sibling. Its lovely to see how positive they respond to both types of reward.

I try to regularly give my son positive praise and encouragement.
My 4 year old has Autism and we use visual aids such as reward charts, which he loves.
The main things we regularly give a reward for us using the toilet by himself, and going to preschool without tantrums.
We put stickers on his chart and praise for each daily achievement and then a treat at the end of the week

My daughter has to do chores to gain enough points to get a magazine each week. Teaches her cause and effect - Shes good and helpful, she gets her reward, naughty and unhelpful she misses out. If she does something extra special then I'll reward with a special treat. For example, we were on holiday and a little girl was crying her eyes out. I asked if she was ok and if she'd lost her mummy and daddy (she was frantically looking about) and she nodded. I asked her name and if she would wait with my own daughter while I asked the ladies to make an announcement. My daughter (5) stood with her and chatted about her toy bunny rabbit and what she had done till the staff came over and announced her name and asked her mummy & daddy to come forward. I was so proud of her even though the daddy didn't even say as much as thanks when he grabbed his daughters arm and marched off with her! Obviously good manners isn't important to him!

We reward our son with Lego mini figures for when he tries new vegetables. Also as an encouragement for reading and writing - he hates it but suddenly with the incentive of Lego he is happy to read

Shame on you Lego. I wonder if a character with a racist / religious / sexist name would have passed your definition of quirky - or are the disabled who can't answer back quite simply ignored.

I'm a great believer in praise. When my boys were little, verbal praise and stickers were well received. I love Lego and so have all my 4 boys. Most birthdays and Christmases have included Lego gifts. However I have tried to teach my children the importance of being polite, good manners, good behaviour. These are not things that I would reward with Lego. I appreciate that some items only cost a small amount but I do not like the thought of children expecting a reward every time they do something good. (I am a loving mummy honest!!) I do give my children pocket money and they save it and choose what they would like to buy. (Often lego) I have rewarded traumatic trips to the dentist, good end of term report, playing nicely and sharing toys with a 'difficult' relation. I must say I am in favour of a piece of lego instead of a sugary, additive full sweet or drink!

My DD is only 2 but she can display exceptionally good behaviour when required. That's when I would reward her with a little 'well done' token gift such as a small LEGO item.

For everyday good behaviour she gets a stamp on her hand, such as when she goes down for a nap without messing around. Or a chocolate button for a wee on the toilet. Or a sticker for sleeping overnight without getting up.

For exceptionally good behaviour like at her cousin's first holy communion service I would reward her with a toy or book of her choice. She loves her LEGO Duplo with decorated bricks which she makes into houses for her toys.

At the moment we reward ds (almost 3) with lego minifigures for using his potty. He's been quite reluctant and it's helping; one week in and no accidents.

But mostly the praise he receives is verbal and affectionate. Any gifts he gets outside of birthdays and christmas are "just because" gifts. I don't want him expecting a reward for doing something good. We're trying to teach him that the reward is the good feeling you get from helping, being kind, polite etc.

Dh and I have very fond memories of growing up with lego and we've been stockpiling quite a lot for when he is a bit older and we can hardly wait to play with it ourselves!