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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not have an easy 6yr old, but he is very money motivated. He gets an allowance. We have family "fines". At any given time there are a set of 4 or so very basic rules. Each time ANY member violates the rule, they get fined. Common fines are a quarter, with major infractions (like foul language ) $2. Once we master a set of rules, we work on 4 more. The "fines" go to a family fun day, such as the movies. We've been on this system for about 6 weeks and the kids are excited to go see angry birds. It has bee incredibly motivating and their behavior has taken a 180.[/quote]

I'm confused.  Do they get money towards something fun when they behave badly?  Like I used bad language = $2 for angry birds? [/quote]

The entire family get fined for various behaviors. The money goes into a "fines " jar. Once they master a set of behaviors, I add 4 more behaviors we need to work on. Over time the jar grows. We are close to $40 and will see angry birds together.

If they are engaging in bad behaviors to grow the jar (it has happened ) I GIVE them the money for fine. They have stopped that because they want the "family fun night" as we call it. Believe it or not, they were so upset getting the money back.

It is amazing the behaviors we have seen change...do more shoes in the house, great table manners, no curse words (stupid included), very little physical fighting, no peeing on the seat, they flush toilets.  It's stuff I've been working on forever that is corrected within a week.[/quote]

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