Last week one of my kids told me that my friend's youngest son missed out on a ski trip with the rest of his class because of the expense, even though the cost was minimal (to those of us with jobs).
And so, rewarding children has a danger, which is if you give them too much reward and too much a value for what they're doing they will denigrate the activity.
She has also been told that some hungry kids can receive free lunches, but others are only allowed reduced price meals, and those students' families have to pay for the part of their food.
Now, only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops.
Different upbringings set children on different paths and can deepen socioeconomic divisions, especially because education is strongly linked to earnings.