Comments on: Should Allowance be Tied To Chores http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/should-allowance-be-tied-to-chores/ Stories of Raising Responsible Kids Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:14:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/should-allowance-be-tied-to-chores/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Chris Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:48:36 +0000 http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=35#comment-48 T, Any system that works requires some work, right ;-) Actually once you sit down and go through the initial set up of the charts, chores, points, rewards, etc it pretty much runs itself. chris T,

Any system that works requires some work, right ;-)

Actually once you sit down and go through the initial set up of the charts, chores, points, rewards, etc it pretty much runs itself.

chris

]]> By: t in hd http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/should-allowance-be-tied-to-chores/comment-page-1/#comment-45 t in hd Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:52:45 +0000 http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=35#comment-45 Hi Viva, I will be honest, I haven't looked it over very carefully yet. I only know the gist of it. However, since posting my above comment a week or so back, I've had it in the back of my head, and I'm thinking I should give it a closer look. I'm growing weary of hearing my voice say the same things to the kids over and over again. I think our system needs some shaking up (or the kids do!). Once the end-of-the-school-year madness of school plays, grillfests, concerts and day trips has finished, I plan to look at the Handipoints system again. It can't possibly be more work for me than what I'm already dealing with trying to keep the kids motivated around here. ;-) Hi Viva, I will be honest, I haven’t looked it over very carefully yet. I only know the gist of it. However, since posting my above comment a week or so back, I’ve had it in the back of my head, and I’m thinking I should give it a closer look. I’m growing weary of hearing my voice say the same things to the kids over and over again. I think our system needs some shaking up (or the kids do!). Once the end-of-the-school-year madness of school plays, grillfests, concerts and day trips has finished, I plan to look at the Handipoints system again. It can’t possibly be more work for me than what I’m already dealing with trying to keep the kids motivated around here. ;-)

]]> By: Viva http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/should-allowance-be-tied-to-chores/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Viva Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:37:08 +0000 http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=35#comment-24 Hi T, I'd be excited to learn how you would like to improve the current Handipoints parents site to make it easier for you. Viva Hi T, I’d be excited to learn how you would like to improve the current Handipoints parents site to make it easier for you.

Viva

]]> By: t in hd http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/should-allowance-be-tied-to-chores/comment-page-1/#comment-22 t in hd Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:19:43 +0000 http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=35#comment-22 My feeling has been that if you are part of a family, you share in both the responsibilities and the privelages of that family. The older you are, the more of both you have. For the kids, this translates into allowance and chores, among other things. So, while the oldest gets more allowance, she also has more chores, down to the baby, who does little in the way of set chores, but also does not yet get an allowance. Breaking rules, consistently forgetting chores or doing a lousy job, back talk, etc. might be punishable by deducting from their allowance or they might lose other privelages. Same with good behaviour. It might be rewarded with a little extra pocket money but it also might be rewarded with an ice-cream cone, a game together, getting to watch a little telly, etc. The point system sounds great and I bet it would work great with my kids. The problem is, it wouldn't work so great with me. I'd make a mess of trying to keep it all straight. A pity really, because I wonder if it would work better than what we have going. My feeling has been that if you are part of a family, you share in both the responsibilities and the privelages of that family. The older you are, the more of both you have. For the kids, this translates into allowance and chores, among other things. So, while the oldest gets more allowance, she also has more chores, down to the baby, who does little in the way of set chores, but also does not yet get an allowance. Breaking rules, consistently forgetting chores or doing a lousy job, back talk, etc. might be punishable by deducting from their allowance or they might lose other privelages. Same with good behaviour. It might be rewarded with a little extra pocket money but it also might be rewarded with an ice-cream cone, a game together, getting to watch a little telly, etc.

The point system sounds great and I bet it would work great with my kids. The problem is, it wouldn’t work so great with me. I’d make a mess of trying to keep it all straight. A pity really, because I wonder if it would work better than what we have going.

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