Sunday, December 1, 2019

Countdown to screentime

At our house, screentime on Saturday is for 2 hours; from 1 PM to 3 PM. The kids must complete all their chores. When they do, the countdown to 1 PM gets exciting; it even includes creating a countdown clock and staring at it as the time approaches.

Incidentally, the kids can earn 30 minutes of screentime on the weekdays if they complete their chores and do one money chore. The money chores are a list of 5 minute chores that can be completed for money.

More often than not, they choose screentime over the money.

1 comment:

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