We decided to begin a super simple incentive system in our family several weeks ago. Tallies. They do something similar at Cat and Jack's school, so we kind of piggy-backed on that. Basically, we award a tally mark whenever we recognize a child obeying, helping, being extra kind, taking initiative, etc. I make a concerted effort not to bribe with tallies, or to punish by taking away tallies. They are simply rewards for good behavior.
We told the kids that when they (individually) earn 100 tallies, they could go on a date with Mom or Dad. Well, they all earned 100 tallies in the same week, so that weekend, they decided to go on a family outing instead of 3 separate dates, which worked out well. They'd been asking to go to Chuck E. Cheese's (or, as it is affectionately known around here, Chuck It Cheese Its) for, oh, years, so we grabbed a coupon to get a discount on tokens and went to play games for a while. They had a great time! (And now we don't have to go back for a couple more years, right?)
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