One thing I always hear my husband tell the kids to do is their chores. I know they probably shouldn’t need to be reminded all the time, but without reminders sometimes I think they like to pretend to forget. I think maybe if they had an allowance system like some children do, they might have more motivation to do their chores. We don’t have an allowance system, but my children are definitely rewarded. I like to take family trips or spoil them by buying them something they have been wanting. I seem to think my children are a little spoiled, even though I don’t have to hand them over any cash.
For many families and maybe even yours, there is an allowance system in effect for your kids. For me, I think that when there are rewards to be given for something, the reward might bring help increase the motivation. For those of you that like to reward your children for their chores, you have to check out My Job Chart. This site offers a very COOL and FREE online chore chart. You can also setup a reward system with the online chore chart to help teach your motivate your children to earn and save money.
To see how the My Job Chart system works, watch the video below:
With is neat with My Job Chart is you can setup a profile for each of your children, then setup their individual chores. When they complete their chores, they earn points that they can redeem for things they want from the Amazon store place. Since I do a ton of shopping on Amazon, I was excited to see that they if I use My Job Chart, my children will be able to purchase through Amazon too!
A great benefit of using My Job Chart is, not only will your children be more excited to do their chores, they will also be receiving some hands-on learning about the ABCs of prosperity that include saving, sharing and spending. When parents see their children using the system, they can receive the satisfaction of seeing their kids gain the foundation skills of a strong work ethic and financial responsibility. Take a peek at this screenshot to show you a little on how it works:
When your children use My Job Chart, not only can they spend the money they have earned, they can also use their money to share and donate to charities like Heifer International and Operation Smile that are needing to be rewarded too! I think this feature is awesome and I hope to see lots of kids sending some sort of donations to others in need.
There are currently 265,986 members using My Job Chart and hundreds more joining each day! To check out this service for yourself, setup a FREE My Job Chart account at: www.myjobchart.com
Do you have an allowance system for your children in place?
We don’t have allowance, but I like the job charts. I’m going to go sign up.
I like the job charts too!
What a fantastic idea!
oh my goodness ! I’ve used this in the past but completely forgot about it. I need to definitely re-check it out.
I have been hearing some good stuff about this job chart. I need to check this one out.
I’m guessing that this kind of unique reward system would work brilliantly! I love the idea!!!
To be fair, a lot of adults need to be reminded about their chores too, lol! Maybe they can make one for adults? Ha! Thanks for the review!
For real! Mommy needs a reminder/reward system to encourage housework instead of watching TV. 🙂
Or playing around too much on Facebook.
I have used this before and it is fantastic. Easy to use and the kids love it!
We do offer an allowance for reach of our children.
This post came to me right on time. We just talked to the girls about earning some money and the difference of chores and things they just have to do. How doing things daily makes it easier than taking a whole day over the weekend! I am going to check this out!! Thanks for sharing!
My kids love My Job Chart! It’s so much easier to keep track of their chores!
NO allowance. They live here and they can work here!! We keep our end of the bargain by putting a roof over their head and providing 3 meals a day along with 2 snacks. Chores are not an option they are mandatory!!
if only I ran my house like that. I sounded pretty tough right lmao
Sounds a little like my way of thinking. 🙂
Job charts really do make chore time so much easier!
Yes, because you don’t have to keep reminding your kids. The chart is there for them.
I like that they can donate their money!!
I’ve looked into this before, it looks awesome!
I love to hear about a good reward system for kids.
We just started using a system with the kids, unfortunately it isn’t helping yet sigh. One day I hope that I can stop reminding the kids!
This is a great idea that seems to offer the right incentives to get kids motivated to do their chores. I’ve heard really good things about it from others as well.
Great idea! Even at 15 I have to remind my son to do things around the house. I hope when he moves out he isn’t expecting a phone call form mom.
This is an amazing idea – I LOVE IT and will definitely use it when the kids get a bit better – I will share this post with my friends who have older kids.
We don’t do allowance, but I think it might be a good thing to start.
I have been thinking of an allowance for my teenagers since they now have more “wants”.
No allowance, but Jake has daily chores. He is paid with all the “extras” he wants, within reason of course.
We give an allowance and my kids do great saving their money to buy the things that they want.
Thanks for the post! This is definitely something I want to check out, and hopefully will be able to implement with my daughter.