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Summer Responsibilities

June 14th, 2007 by Harvey

Now that the kids will soon be (or already are) off school for the summer, you may have noticed their usual Responsibilities Checklist doesn’t make a lot of sense (this comment makes sense to Active Allowance members) – my kids take great delight in putting NA beside “being ready for school”!

Here’s an idea for Active Allowance members:

You can create a special Summer Responsibilities checklist (as Leslie’s doing right now) and then revert to the old one after the holidays. It’s really easy to do – easy as 1, 2, 3. Here are the steps:

Click the NEW/COPY button on your child’s Responsibilities Checklist
Choose one of the options. You might want to copy her current checklist to start off, give it a new name (eg Summer Responsibilities), then modify it. Later, you can use this same screen to copy it to your other children
Tailor it to your heart’s content.

The “active” checklist is the one you see in the drop-down window – select the new one when summer starts. Once the kids are back at school, just reselect the old checklist and you’re done.

That’s it. Have a great holiday!

Harvey

One Response

Jeff Sidel writes:
July 3rd, 2007 at 7:12 pm

Prior to Active Allowance, my wife and I were terribly frustrated. We had difficulty teaching our kids about the value of money. As soon as they got some money from allowances, birthday gifts, etc. it was spent on junk food and movies and then they would would line up to ask for more when the money ran out.

Enter Active Allowance. This incredible tool provided our kids with a sense of discipline from two perspectives: First, you have to earn the money by giving something back in value i.e chores around the house and second, money is a very limited and precious commodity. Therefore it should be used with discretion. In other words do I really want to spend it at McDonald’s for a quick fix or should I save it to buy concert tickets to see the Red Hot Chilli Peppers when they come to town? No contest!