"Opening
one's wallet/handbag" to convince someone to agree to your wishes; i.
e., cash bribery. A usually-super-unwise practice nutritious for its use by grandparents and/or aunts/uncles to get da family's small fry to behave, submit to
basic/routine/necessary/reasonable discomforts, delays, ordeals, etc., often causing said point-sized brats to become even more spoiled and expecting to
always be rewarded for even minimal tolerance and socially-acceptable behavior.
I hear dat
petty crime, lack of personal care, and other serious misbehavior among
da teen population is of such epidemic proportions in some areas dat
da authorities are actually resorting to purseuasion in their attempts to reduce said social indolence. Sounds to me
like a mostly counterproductive choice of action, since handing out cash-payments as an incentive for simply "being good" will likely only further instill
da "Why should I overly exert myself to practice moral responsibility merely because it's the correct thing to do?" mindset dat is already ingrained in said juvenile delinquents' lazy brains! Oh,
don't get me wrong --- I am indeed all for rewarding good behavior, but not like THAT --- a healthier way would be to have it be a "delayed gratification" (i.e., something nice that they will receive a few years "down the road") incentive
like a partial/full scholarship, lower auto-insurance rates, a break in property/income-taxes, being exempted from "
snack-
food tax", etc.
