Children and Chores

Today I am going to write about children and chores. I believe that children should learn responsibility by being in charge of certain duties around the house. At our home we have tried several different chore charts, token methods, etc. to get the girls to do their chores. Everything seems to work for a little while and then we get out of the groove.
The oldest's chores include making her bed, putting away her clothes, setting and cleaning off the table, helping with laundry, feeding and watering the dog, and helping to keep the house straight. She also is supposed to help gather garbage and wipe off the bathroom counters, etc.
The youngest is in charge of making her bed, cleaning her room and sweeping the floors.
Overall they do an okay job. I keep trying to be creative with chore methods to keep them motivated.
I have found that money works the best. I am going to try giving a dollar a day to each child that completes their chores for that day. If they do not complete all their chores then they do not get their dollar for that day.
Now lets talk about handling the money. Immediately they need to put 10% in their bank and 10% in their tithing envelope. The rest they can choose what they do with. They can spend it or save it for something special.
This will teach them the importance of saving and giving tithes to the church. This will instill in them at an early age that those things come off first. What is leftover is what is theirs.
What I recommend when it comes to children and chores is to find out what works best for you and your family. There is not any one way that will work for everyone. My girls have a color coded system that hangs on the wall. Morning is red, afternoon is yellow and evening is blue. Each tag has a chore on it. When the chore is completed they move the tag to the completed hook. At the end of the day we check to see that the chores are completed and then I move the tags back on the appropriate hooks.
Find what works for your family and teach your kids to be responsible.