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January 20th, 2012 - Category: Kids and Responsibility

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You hear it all the time, “I just want my kids to be responsible.” What does that mean to you? Better yet, what does it mean to your child? Sometimes I wonder if my kids and I speak the same language. Instructions that are perfectly clear to me do not always get the result I was hoping for. Does that ever happen at your house?
Let’s take a closer look at the word “responsible.” It means being answerable or accountable for something within one’s power, such as a list of “chores” to be done. However, in order to be accountable, the… Read the Rest

A Little Financial Literacy in January Will Bring a Peaceful Holiday Season Next December

January 11th, 2012 - Category: Financial Literacy, Money

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We hope you all enjoyed the holiday season with your families. We certainly did. The holidays are perfect for enjoying family time together. They provide opportunities for giving service and teaching our children about faith, charity, patience and generosity. They can also be the source of stress, headaches, overspending, disappointment and unnecessary debt. Which was the case for you?
Now is the time to plan ahead for this year’s gift-giving season so that it can be enjoyed worry-free and debt-free. January is ideal for spending a little time with our children discussing the holidays and planning now to save enough throughout… Read the Rest

Individual Versus Group Chore Charts

December 14th, 2011 - Category: Charts

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If you ask us, there are a million reasons to love My Job Chart. But perhaps one of the most overlooked features is the individual login. You see, by putting your job chart online, your child must use their special login information to access their chart, rewards, and progress. And that means you can make a job chart as specialized as you need to.
When your job chart is slapped up on the fridge, it becomes the business of the entire family. Everyone knows who is assigned what chores, whether they’ve completed them, and what rewards are being offered.
But perhaps you… Read the Rest

Are Job Charts a Gateway to Future Careers?

December 7th, 2011 - Category: Teaching Kids to Work

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Okay, we may be stretching this one a little bit. But consider for a moment the possibility that getting your kids to work with an online job chart might easily be preparing them for life in the corporate world.
If you’re like us, you sometimes lament the decline in education. It seems that most young people are unprepared for either college or a career. This may not be because students are lazy or lack intelligence. Sometimes, it’s the basic skills that are lacking. Many students have no idea how to organize, plan, and complete work.
But as someone who has been in… Read the Rest

Making Chore Charts Fair

November 30th, 2011 - Category: Charts

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Life isn’t fair. It’s the lesson you’ve been trying to get your kids to understand for years. But no matter how many times you say it, your children will still expect fairness. It’s almost a disease among young kids – to expect the world to deal with everyone equally.
However, as a parent, you probably do want things to be as fair as possible for your kids. You’d hate to have your children feel they’re getting the short end of the stick. You want them to feel like home is a safe and welcoming place to be.
Now on to the difficult… Read the Rest

Critical Lessons to Teach Your Children

November 24th, 2011 - Category: General Parenting

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Last night I had a dream. I dreamed that I was the cashier of a buffet-style school cafeteria. The children who came to the cafeteria had to pay just thirty cents for their meal. Now, in the dream, most the children didn’t have the money. They would approach me with a dime they had found in the streets or three pennies they had been saving.
I woke up before I learned whether or not I admitted the hungry children to pass. But the dream got me thinking. Then, on a television show later in the day, I learned that 1 … Read the Rest

Can You Teach Your Children Gratitude?

November 16th, 2011 - Category: Uncategorized

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Every parent wants their children to be grateful. After all, grateful children are a lot easier to please, tend to be more helpful, and are more pleasant to be around. But how do you teach children gratitude? Or is it something they just have to learn for themselves?
The other day we overheard a conversation between a mother and daughter. The daughter asked her mom for a new toy. When the mom said no, the daughter started making a fuss. Expected, right? Most kids make a fuss. But it was the mother’s reaction that surprised us. She smacked her daughter on… Read the Rest

What To Do With All That Halloween Candy

November 1st, 2011 - Category: General Parenting

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Pillowcases. Your children have brought home pillowcases of candy. And now you’ve got to figure out what to do with it. As a good parent you don’t want them eating whatever they want when they want. On the other hand, they’ve worked hard to get that candy and Halloween only comes around once a year.
So how do you find the middle ground between letting them make their own choices and helping them retain self-control?
“Tricks” to Try…
Sometimes parents have to be tricky about the way they handle things. You don’t want to get into power-struggles or arguments with your kids. That… Read the Rest

Operation Smile Added to My Job Chart Charities

October 25th, 2011 - Category: Uncategorized

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As parents, it’s so important for us to teach our children to be kind, charitable and responsible – all at the same time. So when MyJobChart was created, it was built with a SHARE area. The SHARE area allows children to donate some of their allowance (or other rewards) to various charities.
This opportunity to be charitable is entirely up to the child. They can make their own choices about how much of their reward they should keep and how much they are willing to give to others.
Because we believe charity comes from seeing the needs of others, MyJobChart offers several… Read the Rest

Free Online Job Chart Offers Solutions for Teaching Kids Responsibility

October 17th, 2011 - Category: My Job Chart

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As you may know, MyJobChart.com is attracting the attention of kids, parents, and experts everywhere. We love it when another parenting guru takes an interest in what we’re doing. Our latest triumph was to get Michele Borba, a renowned educator to take a look. And she had some wonderful things to say.

Want to see a few of those comments? Great. Here is a press release with quotes from Michele that will soon be posted in publications around the country. Enjoy:
For parenting solutions, many look to internationally renowned educator, Michele Borba, Ed.D, whose books, blogs and seminars provide answers to… Read the Rest