Bonus

This week I added a BONUS to the kids chore charts. I add bonuses once in awhile for the kids to have a chance to earn some money or privileges. So the Bonus is this: Clean up the kitchen after dinner (table, dishes, counters, everything). This is a Bonus, so it is optional and only one kid can choose it each day, they have to tell me by 4pm if they want to do it. What do they get if they do it? 30 minutes of computer time.
So today right after school, Jalen tells me he wants to clean up the kitchen today after dinner. So now it is after dinner, he looked at the kitchen, table, counters, and he said, "Oh, this is way more than I thought." I said, "You can do it, I believe in you." It took him 5 minutes to get over the shock of how much work it is to clean up after dinner. He's now been working for 40 minutes and doing a great job, no complaining even. Computer time over here is priceless.