We officially have a money chart in our home. Finally. We've needed one. The boys have needed incentives to behave/earn some things of their own to hopefully help them learn to take some pride of ownership.
Each morning, they have to clean their room. They earn some money for this and if they don't, or leave some items on the ground, those toys are taken away for a week. So far, they've only needed one day of not remembering to put toys away to learn the lesson.
They also earn other money for different jobs around the house and earn extra if they think to do a job without being asked. I think some people would say this is like bribing them to work. But, as an adult, we work for an outcome (money, nice things, pride of ownership, etc) and we first need to build the habit in them. How will they gain the habit of taking care of things/earning things if we only give them things they want and there is no work involved. They have played more with their horses they bought themselves in the past week than any toys they've been given this year! (Maybe that's a slight exaggeration... But it has made a difference!)
They wanted to help Jordan cut the tree (and didn't even ask if they would get paid). He ended up compensating them and they were thrilled. Today Freddie earned 85¢ and he was asking to help all day. And he did help almost all day!
Eloise was happy to be out of the house while the tree cutting was happening. Anytime the garage door is left slightly open she's outside looking for her dad. It's so cute.
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