This post brought to you by DoughMain.com. All opinions are 100% mine.
Do your kids have daily chores that they are supposed to do? Do they get an allowance for those chores? My kids usually whine when I try to give them more than they are used to and never do the chores as well as I would like them done, so I just give up. It’s just easier for me to do them myself.
But, I realize this is not a good way to teach them responsibility. They need to learn that they are expected to help out with family chores.
I have just started a new chore system with my kids. It seems I do this all too often and never stick to it. But I am hoping this one sticks. It’s a little different in that it does involve earning some money. My older kids have the chance to earn a little money each week if they do the chores without me having to tell them. If they don’t do them, they won’t get paid, but will still have to do the chore. It seems to be working out quite nicely so far.
I’ve often looked for some way to track the chores and rewards online, coming up short. I just recently learned about doughmain.com, which looks pretty interesting.
I haven’t had a chance to get in there and test it out completely, so I can’t give a thorough review of it, but I did play around with the chore charts a bit. Here is a shot of the one I made for my kids with a few of their chores listed.
It looks fairly simple and easy to use:
Easy to use for parents:
- Assign chores to your child’s chore charts by choosing from pre-set chores or creating your own
- Set the frequency of the chore
- Manually approve chores or elect to have them auto–approved
- Choose whether to assign Dough Points (our virtual currency) as a reward
- Check in on your child’s progress from your smartphone using our mobile version. Nothing to download – just point your mobile browser at DoughMain.com
Easy to use for kids:
- Children see chores on their kid-friendly chore calendar
- Throughout the week, kids can mark chores complete when they are finished
You can choose to have them earn dough points, which can convert into a monetary value that you specify.
Doughmain.com also has a few other interesting family organizer tools tools worth looking at.
Allowance Tool – If you want to specify an allowance that is not tied to chores, you have the ability to do that. And you can keep track of it all with the allowance logs. You can determine different rates for each child if you desire and you can award allowance in dollars or Dough Points, our virtual currency.
Online Family Calendar – The online family calendar looks pretty cool. It allows you to:
- Color code events by family member so even the youngest knows their schedule
- Set permissions for who can create or edit events
- Import community calendars from sports teams, schools, scouts, etc. directly into your DoughMain calendar – when their dates/times change, your calendar updates automatically!
- View all family events or just your own
- Receive reminders via email or on your DoughMain home page
- Quickly view upcoming events on your home page
- Manage your family’s schedule on the go using our mobile version from your smartphone. Nothing to download – just point your mobile browser at DoughMain.com
I really am hoping this chore system sticks and am looking forward to playing around with all of the tools on doughmain.com a bit more.
I want my kids to learn how to manage their lives and their finances. Doughmain.com has also created a few resources for kids to help them learn financial responsibility.
For the youngest, they can visit TheFunVault.com to learn all about money. Kids ages 8-12 can learn how to handle their money through a financial responsibility game at SandDollarCity.com. IRuleMoney.com is a site where teens ages 12-17 can view short video clips of teens talking about jobs, car loans, credit cards, and more.
So, if you’re looking for an all around website to keep track of your chores, allowance, schedules, and more, you might take a look at doughmain.com. As I said before, I just found it, so haven’t had much time to play around on it, but I though it was worth mentioning. Right now if you sign up and use “dough” as the reference code, you’ll have a chance to win a $500 Visa gift card.
Let me know if you end up using it and what you like/don’t like about it!
That’s kind of interesting, and since it’s like a game, I’m thinking the kids would like it even more. Anything to help teach fiscal responsibility is good to me!