A Last Resort: Bribery

Brogan had his first soccer practice yesterday. He was so miserable in the first half of practice. He cried. He clung to my leg. He refused to look at or listen to his coach, and he did nothing more than stand on the field with the ball at his feet. I tried reasoning with him and playing with him, but, in the end, I did the very thing I didn't want to do: I bribed him. And the turnaround was immediate! At the end of practice, he proclaimed that he "had fun at soccer ball practice." Phew! One day down! HA!