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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. Checking in. One thing we may transition to doing is having them build this skill on their own.

So. Maybe we keep the 1-4 chores before screens. Maybe we cap the screens as well. (Hard when they get a staggered start.)

But instead of me listing out their stuff

We do:
1 zone they’re in charge of for the week - check that zone. Hopefully this also helps them keep it clean.

Build up to 1 physical goal, 1 school goal and they can set this to work on daily or weekly.

As long as they are doing those things, and we cap the screens (keep it fairly independent of the tasks), they have a lot more trust, freedom, privilege, and respect for themselves.

They can change the zone weekly. They can change the school and other goals. But we’ll help them. The biggest can change to this quickly. The youngest, we might do this alongside him.   [/quote]

And then they will naturally tack on other goals to this system. So when the biggest gets into more volunteering or schoolwork or pre-college essay writing, possible testing.. she will have a mechanism to set a weekly goal. *But it will come from her.*[/quote]

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