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Good Behaviour Chart

02:05 PM, 2008-Jun-29 .. Concocted as Juvenile Jam .. 8 bites .. Link
About a year ago when Ilham and Ihsan became old enough to do chores, I decided to put up a Star Chart as a reward (thus motivation) system to encourage them to complete their chores. Each chore that is completed well (keyword: 'well') will be rewarded with a star, that could be converted into money that could be spent on anything they want, be it books, toys, trinkets on our travels and what not.
For disobedience (i.e. not listening to me, disrespecting, hitting), I used the naughty-spot/time-out method.

As three of them got older, I think they have outgrown the naughty-spot method, so to keep their behaviour in check especially during the school holidays when tension runs high and opportunities for conflict is aplenty, I have decided to introduce the Good Behaviour Chart.


left: Star Chart, right: Behaviour Chart (click for a bigger image)

Each of them gets an initial 10 points on their chart (Because I believe that they are essentially good). For each bad behaviour (Starting a fight, hitting, not listening/ignoring instructions, screaming, etc), one point will be crossed out. The person(s) with the most good behaviour points at the end of the week will get a reward: They get to choose where we eat during the weekend.
We have only been using it for a week plus, and last week Ihsan chose to eat Roti Telur at Madina Restaurant. This week so far, nobody has gotten their points crossed out yet, but it's only Sunday so we'll see.
I think so far so good. My kids have started to think twice before they do anything, and it only takes a "Do you want a point off?" from me to keep them in check.

Oh man.. now that I've written that all down, I think I sound like some military matron...
*hangs head in shame*


02:54 PM, 2008-Jun-29 .. Posted by futuredoc
i think it sounds brilliant!

02:56 PM, 2008-Jun-29 .. Posted by aiechomeyll
u sound nothing like that! ive read about something like this years ago and vowed to do the same.. ahaha!

08:39 AM, 2008-Jun-30 .. Posted by mosh
as long as you don't line them up in the morning to give you the march of honour, not military enough ehehehe.

09:35 AM, 2008-Jun-30 .. Posted by lollies
laaa i baru aje nak buat posting pasal allowance ni. macam sama-sama aje fikiran gitu. all mothers are military matron. kalau tak mana nak menjadi anak tu.

10:54 AM, 2008-Jun-30 .. Posted by butterflutter
At one time I used to give points to my children before tido. Out of 10 lah kan. So adalah yg rajin nak tolong angkat beg dr kereta masuk ke rumah etc. Malam b4 tido ada lah yg tanya how many points he/she get for the day. I think terstop after I went for my US outstation. Now must restart and can include hannah sekali.

My friend kan what the father did to prevent from pencil selalu hilang is to tie the pencil to the pencil case. Punya lah malu dia kata. And it's a he.

11:49 AM, 2008-Jun-30 .. Posted by lana
ha-ah lah bf .. i pun nak tie my son's pencil to the pencil case lah.. thanks for the idea..wink*

oops.. kak lisa, brilliant idea. if apply kat kat my kids surely banyak negative points ni .. this reminds me of our demerit system back in school. but true it made us think more than twice before we did anything..aaaannythingg at all

10:15 PM, 2008-Jun-30 .. Posted by DeeJay
Oh sheesh, you're no military matron! You're a wonderful mom who is teaching her kids about responsibility in a fun way! Kudos to you, Elisa!!!

07:15 AM, 2008-Jul-1 .. Posted by lazydaisy
nanti bile my kids dah besar besar pun nak buat camni epecially with the housechores i think it is a brilliant idea :)

betul kata lollies tu military concept baru laa menjadi budak budak tu..



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