At the start of year 2009, I did up a 'Task List' for both kids. It is a system whereby they can earn ticks for the chores they do and there are rewards for per day, per week and per month, depending on the number of ticks they accumulate. Some of the tasks includes folding blankets, finishing their meals on time, washing their own dishes, showering by themselves, changing into their own clothes, packing their bags..so on and so forth. The list has 25 items on it and they can earn a sweet/ice-cream/lollipop depending on how many ticks they get in a day. They also get to choose a movie or buy a toy below $10 if they hit a certain no of ticks per week.
Kyle was enthusiastic about it initially but he was always in a hurry to do his own things and needs to be reminded. Meryl, on the other hand, was able to follow through what she was tasked to do, like washing her own dish after each meal.
One morning, after breakfast, which she took a long time, she took her plate to the sink as I was trying to hurry her to get showered to go out. She insisted that she needed to wash her plate. So I stood by the side to supervise her. After she finished, I asked her to get down from the stool but she refused. She told me that she needed to wash her kor kor's plate as well. So I waited again. Kyle as usual had disappeared to do his 'fun' things already, plate forgotten! Needless to say, she gets more rewards than her brother. However, she refused the sweets cos she was punished by daddy and cannot have sweets for a month despite me telling her that she can ea the sweets that she earn under this system!
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