Rewards are as demanding and pressuring as 'punishments'

Why? Put simply... Because it undermines both our true intrinsic motivation to be the absolute best we can be and our autonomy.

Every human is born to learn as much as they can with the tools they have been given to be the absolute best they can be.

Nobody needs to teach a newborn baby to cry to get their needs met... yet at about 6 months, we say our first word... and everyone REJOICES ... giving kisses and cuddles ... now baby is thinking, I didn't say that for you... I said it for me... hmmmm?

Now, some babies can overlook that and think... whatever, I quite like that response... I'll do it some more...

Other babies on the other hand don't like the confusion and misunderstanding about their own motivation to do something and would quite like full credit for it! So tend to not say much or anything for quite a while after that...

Suddenly everything we learn and do is seen as a bid to gain a reward... praise/attention/a sticker ... but we wanted to learn anyway! We wanted to figure it out by ourselves!

... Now we don't want to do it at all! Especially not in front of you or because you 'taught' us! (We HATE being taught... but that's for another day!)