It's better to teach children the roots of labor than to hand them the fruits of yours!

It is true that we have to teach our children how to get their wants and not to hand it to them. In other words, teach them how to catch a fish and not give them a fish that is ready to eat! If not, your children will become lazy and dependent. Some people who've grown up with a better living, become not interested in their studies or work by themselves because even they don't work they can still have their needs and wants through their parents. Make them realize, having a good life requires a lot of hard work.

You can simply start it by teaching your young children to do household chores by themselves, how to conserve water and electricity, recycle old things, how to save money for future needs and not to waste food as there are millions of children in the world getting starve.

The rewards could be used to motivate children but not at all times. If they get used to the prize or reward you give them after a good deed, they would become either obedient or disobedient. They can only do things because they are after the prize or reward... or they can't do the task because they are no longer interested in the rewards.

Teaching your children to become responsible would reflect not only on their personality but to parents as well. Anyway, your children wouldn't apply only at home what you taught with them but in anywhere they go.