Let me ask you three simple questions: Do you use the children’s chore chart? Do you always ask your children to do their homework and other chores? Even when you ask them, do those tasks seem to never get done?
If you answer ‘No’ to the first question and ‘Yes’ to the second and third questions, then I know how frustrating it can be. This scenario in your home can be stopped if you consider designing a chore chart for kids. This can be done by drawing up a schedule of tasks to be done by each child and the time for them to do their homework. Some examples of chores include cleaning the bedroom, doing the dishes, taking out the trash, or putting clothes in the laundry room.
You should make sure that your children adhere to it by putting a check mark on the children’s chore chart each time they complete a task. It is encouraging for you and your children to look at the chart at the end of each week to see what has been accomplished. Your children will learn to better manage their time if there are tasks that were not done.
After a couple of months, sit down with each of your children to discuss the problems. Further sharpen the discussion by letting your children know the reward they will get after completing the tasks listed on the child’s timeline. This will make your kids aim to do each task based on the child’s chore chart schedule and do their homework.
The reward can be a fixed sum of money or any kind of gift for the tasks completed each week. The decision of what you will reward your children is at your discretion. But if you decide to reward them financially, then you are obliged to make sure that the amount is properly spent. By doing so, he empowers them to be financially savvy. As a general rule of thumb, 50 cents per age of each child works well as a reward. This means that an eight year old would receive $4.00 each week when all the tasks on the list are completed. Again, make sure you don’t give any of your kids this assignment if there is any homework on the child’s homework.
Go the extra mile by creating a “bank book” for each of your children’s assignments. You do this by putting each book in three individual money jars. This allows you and your children to do a simple audit to find out how much of the allowance has been spent, how much has been saved, and how much has gone to help someone else in need somewhere.
In the end, you discover that the child’s chore schedule has helped teach your children the value of earning, saving money, being responsible, and managing time effectively. They also learn how to perform tasks and this makes them work hard. This prepares them for the future life.
