Reward chart

Fellow parents will understand when I say how hard it is to get your kids to listen to you sometimes or rather most of the time. After my failed attempt to teach H how to save by having him earn his pocket money from performing chores, I came up with a reward chart. The initial idea was to list down simple chores he needs to do (including good behaviorial traits) and he will get rewarded with a star on a daily basis for compliance. The stars can then be exchanged for pocket money at the end of the week. But Hubs disagreed - we shouldn't pay him for good behaviour or routine chores. So I've given up on the pocket money front, he will still be getting stars, each star will give him 5 minutes on the iPad :-)

The thing with kids, they are so easily bribed. Now they make it a point to remember to put away their toys, not to whine and throw tantrum, etc. just to earn stars. Best thing is, the simple joy of getting rewarded with stars is good enough, e.g. for L, she doesn't even expect to get anything out of the stars. To her simple mind, getting a star is a reward on its own.

H's reward chart

Using a pocket wall chart is a great idea so that you don't have to keep printing the chart, plus you can change the chores/behaviourial traits as and when you need to. Every night, I'll go down the list and ask H if he complied, if so, I'll insert a star into the pocket. Easy-peasy!