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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our son is 7 and we just started formal allowance.

I made a chart of specific chores for him. Examples are things like: take the bathroom trash out of the can and tie it up and replace the bag (when we ask, otherwise he'd bag up a tissue and ask for credit), or get every piece of clothing for the day into the hamper without us asking, or get every dish/cup of yours into the kitchen on the counter without us asking. If he does a task he puts a check in that box. Boxes are for the whole week. If he does 10 tasks in a week, he gets $5. If he does fewer than that, no $. He's about 2 for 3 so far. He's too young for spending money for movies and stuff, but yesterday he wanted a $15 toy at Target (we were buying another toy for the family) and he used his $ to get it. He seems proud to do the work and proud to buy things/save his money.

For us at this stage it's about sticking to a routine and remembering to take the initiative to do stuff on a regular basis. The generic "clean your room" or "take out trash" was too broad for us to follow through on. So our weekly system works for us. For older kids, I'd imagine it's much of the same?[/quote]

This is the tween and teen forum -- why would you post about your 7 year old?[/quote]

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