Choremonkey is simple yet so amazing that once you try it and see the results you will be hooked!

I’m going to cut to the chase… sure I’m expected to be politically correct when I discuss our “children of our today” being our “tomorrow’s future”… but let’s be real for a moment. Before our children are tomorrow’s future they are our kids right now! My son might be a future Nobel Peace Prize winner, but gosh darn, he just doesn’t like to clean his room and he argues with his sisters daily! Kids are kids… this is true—but forget the Nobel Peace Prize, I would just like some peace at home!

THE PROBLEM

The problem is that kids don’t like to do chores. Homework? Forget about it! And that is okay, they are kids. The responsibility is then placed in our lap as parents. Look, kids don’t like to do this stuff, but they have too. And even though they don’t know it, we know how vital it is for their overall development and our peace of mind.

1. Chores help teach responsibility.
2. Chores give children a sense of accomplishment.
3. Chores allow children to experience a sense of contribution to your family unit.

All this in turn helps teach your child:

1. Pride in their accomplishments.
2. A sense of belonging and being needed.
3. Overall self-respect which leads to a healthier, happier child.

While our kids don’t know this, we do. The problem is that in trying to instill this in our kids, we tend to grow frustrated. Then the choice is to yell and holler and pull our hair out, or leave it alone and not do anything… and in turn we are left bewildered as to “what is going on in our family?” Where is the healthy happy lifestyle you dreamed for yourself and family?

SOLUTION

This is where Choremonkey comes in play. Now hear me out, I know there is a good chance you have tried lots of “reward programs” and “charts and boards” and good ole’ down home hollering! AND the kids STILL don’t get it and you’re at wits end. I promise you though; our program will make a difference.

Forget everything else and take a look at choremonkey!

BENEFITS

Why is choremonkey different? First, it relieves Mom and Dad of the “responsibility” of having to “monitor” the big chart hanging in the kitchen, it relieves parents of the stress of trying to sort through the daily chores and responsibilities, and it can even relieve parents of having to nag and yell at kids to get things done. How does this work?

1. Kids “own” their charts. It is not a “family sized” chart taking up ½ your kitchen wall. Instead each child has their own list of chores and responsibilities. They get their own clipboard, or their special place to keep their chart. (Right there, they have their first sense of ownership and responsibility.)
2. Kids get to feel “grown up” in that they are initialing their own charts. They are working just like Mom and Dad. They actually want to complete their charts so they can feel successful. (This fulfills their sense of accomplishment and contributing to the family.)
3. There are no jars or marbles to keep track of.
4. Kids are not dependent on Mom and Dad to remember who had what chores on which days. Instead each child has their own personalized chart to follow.
5. Children are not blatantly compared to one another. If one child struggles in a specific area, parents can easily target it and handle in non-embarrassing way.
6. Children are not promised a huge reward! They complete the charts more for that feeling of accomplishment and success. However, small rewards (or large if you so prefer) can be given.
7. Charts are printed weekly instead of daily.
8. Charts are made fun for children by adding fun borders! Children will WANT to look at their charts because of the fun borders. It makes their charts exciting to show friends and family too! (Dozens of colorful, fun borders are included with Choremonkey.)
9. At the end of each week children and parents can look at the chart and see a pattern in the child’s initials or marks. You will see gaps where they are struggling perhaps and solid coloring surrounding their strengths.
10. Each day is broken down into sections to make it easy for the children to follow their charts. Main categories are Morning Routine, Afternoon Routine and Evening Routine.
11. Parents have complete freedom to choose their child’s chores and responsibilities. You can even choose specific days of the week. For example.. one child has to feed the dogs on Monday and Tuesday and your other child does it Wednesday and Friday. With Choremonkey you can easily divide days of the week and it will be printed on their individual charts.
12. Responsibility shifts from Parents to child. Younger children will definitely need more interaction, but older children don’t have to be told specifically what to do. In my household I simply say, “Have you checked your charts today?” and the kids hop to it.
13. You can set consequences if they do not fill in their charts. And it is really hard for the kids to argue when it is printed on a chart for them. My children get to choose weekly goals. Their goal might be to have a friend sleep over. If their charts are not marked and the chores completed daily, they don’t reach their goal. (The great thing about this is that you can set your rewards and goals to suit your family. You don’t need to make the kids huge promises, or stress yourself any further.)
14. There will be less fighting, less confusion, less yelling, less time spent figuring out “other programs” to help keep sanity and peace in your home. (You’ll LOVE the difference you see in your family and you’ll treasure the time you spend smiling instead of yelling at your children!)
15. Choremonkey works ONLINE and OFFLINE! Older kids will love signing into their account and keeping track of their charts. Younger children will benefit from the experience of reading the chart with Mom or Dad each day. We also have a solution for kids that do not have internet access but want to mark their charts on the computer!
16. Parents receive update and reminder emails when the kids online send their charts for approval.
17. Parents can leave feedback for the charts online, and send the kids messages.
18. Kids can read the feedback as well as send parents a message!

TAKE ADVANTAGE

Once you start your family on Choremonkey and you see the difference in your children (time frames vary, it may take two weeks to a month of consistency to get your children in the habit of using chore charts) you will amazed!

Don’t let this time slip away! As simple as Choremonkey is to set up, as much as your children will love it once you show them how it works you can’t walk away! Spend less time yelling, more time smiling and enjoy quality time with your children!