Are your kids acting out? when asked to do chores?
On the chart it will say
Dishes .50 cents
vacume .50 cents
etc..I'm not rich..just put an amount
It gives them the drive to work for money(in a way) Set an allowance day...and make sure they did the job right,not half fast.
So now when they are doing chores you wont hear them whine or pout cause they know that they are getting something in return.
Also make a schedule for what they duties are to do in a day.
Monday
Get dressed...X
Eat...X
Brush Teeth...X
Chore...X
At the end of the week make a goal of X's they have to make in order to get something special for the weekend..whether it's a rental of a movie..game...sleep over etc.
I think this is a neat way to teach your kids responsibility. You work for your money so why can't they do the same. It made mine feel important and needed.
Answer:
My kids get an allowance. They each have a chore chart with the basics like make bed, feed dog, put away clothes, etc. Whoever has the most checks for items completed at the end of the week gets a little extra money. If they gripe and grumble on cleaning day I break big jobs into smaller ones, write them on pieces of paper and fold the papers and put them in a bowl. Then we play "The Cleaning Game" and each one picks a paper and then does that little job and then picks another paper until everything they are responsible for is done. Doing it this way makes it fun with the element of surprise when they pick and it makes it easier for the them to deal with the whole process of cleaning up.
It is a good idea. It is a good reward system.
Great idea. However im sure they'll discover other things to do so to make more money from you..will you be able to keep up?
you dont pay kis to brush teeth, you punish them when they dont,,the kids need a dad in their life
This sounds great. My kids are to young yet (3 and 2) but when they get older i will keep this in mind. :P
i don't think its right to pay children this way.you really aren't teaching them any responsibilities.
You shouldn't have to pay your child to do what you ask or tell them to do. By the age of 6 they should have 3 or 4 chores just for themselves...picking up after themselves, feeding the pet, sorting laundry by color. This is where respect comes in, if you've taught your child to respect you, then there should be no acting out about chores. Allowance comes later when they are at an age where you can trust them with money, 9 or 10. And extra jobs or extra chores is what you pay them for. This teaches them that they don't always have to get paid to help out. Would you want them to ask an elderly person to pay for them to shovel their walk? no they should just do it to help out.
thats a great idea. keep up the good work.
great system
What I did for my kids is that I give out stars for each chore they finish. When they get 20 stars, they can choose to go to MC donald, and have fun there. 40 stars to earn to go to Chuck E Cheese.
I would buy those extra homework book home and have them do their extra work and earn 10c each page they finished. I think that is a great rewards to teach them about learning.
But if they decided not to do their chore, I come in to explain to them that it is their responsible to keep themselves clean, their room clean. This is a family chores that we do for each other. Consistency is the key word.
When they whine, I have to ask them to stop whining then I will talk to them. I have to leave them alone until they are ready to talk again. Do not look into their eyes when they whine, do not talk to them. I don't want to feed in to this kind of behavior. I have to let them know when they are ready to talk, I will be there. When they are ready to talk, that is when I can reasoning with them. This is the time that they are willing to listen to me when I talk. It works for me. Try it out.
Hi I've used a similar thing with my children. They have like a list of 3-4 things that they must do all week to get their "pay" but we take it a step farther and have them tithe 10% to our church, then they put a small percentage in their wallet to spend on whatever they want, then they have a goal of a "big" purchase that we teach them to save for (they choose the big purchase goal) we just teach them that they can't dip into the savings just because they didn't wisely spend the money in their wallet. They just have to wait until the next week.
There is only one thing I've realized with this "paying" system is that sometimes it backfires. I have had my son ask me if I was going to pay him to do something, and if I wasn't he was not interested in doing it. So then I had to explain to him some things you do to get paid for, some things you do just because you're told to, and some things you do for people just to be nice.
Anyway, I just wanted to add that little bit and give you a heads-up on a possible backfire.
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