{"id":15980,"date":"2016-01-13T16:10:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T21:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/?p=15980"},"modified":"2016-01-13T16:22:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T21:22:00","slug":"kids-wont-do-chores-then-try-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/kids-wont-do-chores-then-try-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids Won&#8217;t Do Chores? Then Try This&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want your kids to do their chores and fulfill other kid responsibilities? You can, through logical consequence \u2013 not punishment. It\u2019s based on the concept of &#8220;token economy.&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vkc.mc.vanderbilt.edu\/assets\/files\/tipsheets\/tokeneconomytips.pdf\">According to a teacher\u2019s study guide and tips via the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center in Nashville<\/a>, the concept is \u201cbased on the principles of applied behavior\u00a0analysis (ABA) and emphasize the use of positive reinforcement\u00a0to target behavior change. Token economies help students to\u00a0visualize progress, accept and work for delayed reinforcement,\u00a0learn to self-monitor, and learn to regulate behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is how on child&#8217;s doctor explained it to his mother:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Only ask twice for something to be completed;<\/li>\n<li>Keep with \u201cGrandma\u2019s Rule\u201d of first comes work, then play;<\/li>\n<li>Be consistent 99.9 percent of the time.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t argue back with your kids. It gets you nowhere and leaves you feeling exasperated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s how you implement it:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Start with a supply of poker chips and a see-through container such as a glass jar. Good behaviors glean reward chips. If the\u00a0does what\u2019s been asked of him or her by the second request, he\/she earns a chip. So does brushing teeth, getting dressed on time, putting his\/her school backpack in its designated spot and various requests. Other actions \u2013 such as getting to bed on time, putting toys away and getting along with his\/her sibling \u2013 would garner three chips.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15983 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/kid-poker.jpg\" alt=\"kid poker\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/kid-poker.jpg 540w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/kid-poker-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then, he\/she cashes in their chips for basic privileges: 30 minutes of TV or 20 minutes of electronics would cost four chips, for example.\u00a0A\u00a0single Pokemon card or an ice cream treat would run five chips. Bigger treats \u2013 such as a trip to the movies or the beach \u2013 would cost more; 35 chips would be about right.<\/p>\n<p>The key is this: you reward your child for good behavior. And you can\u2019t take chips away as punishment. Plus, he sees his stash of plastic coins accumulating. Motivation at its finest.<\/p>\n<p>Sound like a mighty fine idea to me? What do you think? Would this work with your children?<\/p>\n<p>via &#8211;\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/on.wtsp.com\/1ZtislU\">Florida Today<\/a>)<\/p>\n<!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (7.4.18) simplesharebuttons.com --><div id=\"ssba-classic-2\" class=\"ssba ssbp-wrap left ssbp--theme-1\"><div style=\"text-align:left\"><span class=\"ssba-share-text\">Like it? 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You can, through logical consequence \u2013 not punishment. It\u2019s based on the concept of &#8220;token economy.&#8221;\u00a0According to a teacher\u2019s study guide and tips via the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center in Nashville, the concept is \u201cbased on the principles of applied behavior\u00a0analysis (ABA) and emphasize the use of positive reinforcement\u00a0to target behavior change. Token economies help students to\u00a0visualize progress, accept and work for delayed reinforcement,\u00a0learn to self-monitor, and learn to regulate behavior.\u201d Here is how on child&#8217;s doctor explained it to his mother: Only ask twice for something to <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,29],"tags":[3969,170],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15980"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15990,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15980\/revisions\/15990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15980"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=15980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}