•2:57 PM
We have a chore chart system in our family, except we use the term "responsibilities" rather than "chores" because "chores" sounds so, um, like drudgery, whereas "responsibilities" seems more positive and indicative of their true significance and meaning.
We don't have an allowance for our children except as rewards are tied to the responsibility chart. So each day, each child can earn upwards of 10 or 20 tokens through this system. The tokens can be traded in for special treats, and collecting enough of them can result in bigger "prizes", or batches of 50 tokens can be exchanged for 50 cents.
It was in this way that Little Son earned several dollars. Baby Girl earns money, too, but not as rapidly, although she is a better saver than her brother. Both children spent some of their hard earned money on fun noodles for the swimming pool. And Little Son bought himself a canoe that he had his eye on for two years since we saw it in a pool store.
Now a typical afternoon at the poolside is something like this. Violin Mom sits in her comfortable anti-gravity chair when she is not actually in the water interacting with the children.
Baby Girl likes to sit in her fun noodle.
Little Son like to paddle his canoe.
The children agree that it has been money well spent!
We don't have an allowance for our children except as rewards are tied to the responsibility chart. So each day, each child can earn upwards of 10 or 20 tokens through this system. The tokens can be traded in for special treats, and collecting enough of them can result in bigger "prizes", or batches of 50 tokens can be exchanged for 50 cents.
It was in this way that Little Son earned several dollars. Baby Girl earns money, too, but not as rapidly, although she is a better saver than her brother. Both children spent some of their hard earned money on fun noodles for the swimming pool. And Little Son bought himself a canoe that he had his eye on for two years since we saw it in a pool store.
Now a typical afternoon at the poolside is something like this. Violin Mom sits in her comfortable anti-gravity chair when she is not actually in the water interacting with the children.
Baby Girl likes to sit in her fun noodle.
Little Son like to paddle his canoe.
The children agree that it has been money well spent!
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2 comments:
I received the DVD of your kids' performances earlier this week and just watched it while I was folding a basket of laundry. What a treat it was! I thoroughly enjoyed it--I especially liked the kids' smiles when they had finished performing. They have a reason to be pleased! They both play so well--and so well in pitch. Congratulations on a a job well done, and thanks for sharing it with me!
Lois O'Brien
My kids are just beginning to explore the world of water at the community pool. Here's hoping for many happy summer days ahead for the kids--and no rashes for mom (Chlorine in pools used to always give me an itchy red rash--but maybe I've finally grown out of it? No problems yet this year!)