Well we have reached the end of the first week of the challenge board. I have tried in the past to work with my kids on keeping up on house work and taking care of themselves with no luck. This week has been a totally different experience! Each day the kids would race to see who could get their stuff done first, and even got onto me when I had not checked off their daily tasks. They are both coming up with more rewards for the board and trying to figure out how many days they will have to save up to cash in for rewards.
You might ask how this system works, it is very much like being an employee. Your job duties (challenges) are laid out very concisely and we had an orientation meeting where we went over the job descriptions and my expectations for them. There is a monetary amount tied to each challenge and the best part is that they have to pay me and my hubby if we have to do any of their challenges. Man I wish I had made my employees pay me when I had to finish a project(or sometimes completely redo a project) that they got paid to do.
The part that made me have hope that this time the challenge system will stick was when the girls brought their new friends over to have a movie night tonight. They were actually excited to show them their boards and how much they have earned. Sarah even asked if she could have an Italian Soda with her sundae tonight and said "I would like to buy an Italian soda please mom, I will have the $2 as soon as I get paid." That felt soooooo good! I am not sure how long this is going to last but we will wait and see!
I really think it should work well. I mean if they're given no other money from you. Then what they make themselves I think it will make them kind of self reliant. I mean you & Steve got jobs asap because you weren't really given any type of allowance. So that you could have the money you wanted to buy the things you want/needed.
ReplyDeleteAnother excellent thing is that the kids learn work=money instead of payday=money. Our kids earn commissions instead of an allowance. The idea I had was stickers for good behavior, then quarters for stickers.... Adding your system should make things even easier!
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