Free Online Job Chart Offers Solutions for Teaching Kids Responsibility
October 17th, 2011 - Category: My Job Chart
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 virtually every problem encountered when raising children.
Now, Borba points to the free website, MyJobChart.com, as the answer for teaching children to work, to be responsible and to understand the value of money.
“My Job Chart changes the entire conversation about how to teach kids the fundamentals of work and money,” Borba says.
From her expert viewpoint—as an NBC contributor who has appeared more than 80 times as parent expert on the Today Show and countless other talk shows and whose recent book, titled The Big Book of Parenting Solutions: 101 Answers to Your Everyday Challenges and Wildest Worries, shares a compilation of her parenting advice—Borba says, with MyJobChart.com, kids have an excellent source of motivation.
With MyJobChart.com, “kids can now be inspired to get off the couch and start achieving more,” Borba says.
This was exactly what My Job Chart founder, Gregg Murset, was seeking for his own six children when he hit upon the idea of the free online chore chart.
Murset said their house, with six kids, ranging in age from 3 to 13, was “out of control. We tried everything from paper on the refrigerator to everything else.”
Nothing seemed to work to really motivate his children to stay on task and none of the existing systems seemed to encourage goal-setting and real achievement.
My Job Chart was an instant hit, not just with Murset’s children, but for the 110,000 who have used the online system over the past year since its inception.
“MyJobChart.com is technology,” Murset explains. “That’s what kids like. It’s what they really respond to.”
On the site, icons make it possible for even the youngest children to use, and MyJobChart.com allows parents and children to personalize the list of chores and to use a built-in reward system. As the children complete their jobs, they earn a certain number of points, to be “saved” or “spent” right away to “purchase” a reward supplied by their parents, or to be “shared” as a donation to a charitable organization.
While My Job Chart allows parents to access an Amazon store link where they can purchase reward items, the site is also set up so families can create “free” rewards—anything from extra TV time, one-on-one time with mom or dad or a family bike ride.
Jennifer Cross, of Fort Worth, Texas, says she was hooked on the free My Job Chart site from the start. Using it with her three children, ages 3, 4 and 6, she has been pleased with the educational aspect of the site.
“I’m a high school teacher and a lot of kids have everything done for them. Parents are not taking the opportunity to teach their kids about work and responsibility,” she said.
She says her children have responded well to the intrinsic rewards and immediate feedback the site offers.
“With My Job Chart, seeing things being checked off and completed is often reward enough for my kids,” she said. “Then we have created ‘extra jobs’ where my boys get most of their points” to earn items from Amazon.
“Now they like to work and they come to me asking what other chores they can do,” Cross said.
Bottom line, Murset said, “MyJobChart.com is just a fun, easy way to instill work ethic and build character over time. And, it works.”
To access the free My Job Chart website and get started tracking your family’s chores, meetings, sports practice and activities, visit www.MyJobChart.com.
Making the Most of My Job Chart
March 23rd, 2010 - Category: My Job Chart
So, you heard about this really cool online chore chart system from your friend or perhaps a blogger you follow mentioned it and you decided to give it a try. You have a username and password and you’ve added all your kids and set them up with usernames and passwords as well. You even had fun picking out pictures from your computer for each of your family members and used them for their thumbnails. You’re all set up and maybe you’ve even set up a few chores for “Lucy” to do the next day. Now what?
Perhaps you’re thinking to yourself, is this really going to work? Are my kids going to catch on? Will they really want to do their chores now. What makes this different than any other chore chart we’ve used in the past? Finally, How can I make the most of My Job Chart? Here are a few tips to get you started. We want everyone to take full advantage of the capabilities offered by myjobchart.com. There are a few key things to keep in mind when using the system and we’re confident it will be worth your time and help in teaching your children to work with a smile.
1. Keep it Simple.
Start off with just a few of the most important chores first. This will build confidence and a sense of accomplishment. Top assign a chore:
- after logging in to your family profile, click on the button, “assign jobs”
- check the family member who you want to assign the job to
- select the job or create your own by typing it in the field entitled, “Create your own job here:”
- select whether the job is for one day, everyday, weekly on a specific day, and AM or PM. (you can even add an image from your computer as the icon for the job. see #6)
- if you’re finished, click “I’m all done.”
2. Set a Point Benchmark.
Maybe a good starting point is a penny (1 cent) a point. If a reward that your child wants costs $5.00 then that would be 500 points. It’s easy, and you will be surprised how quickly your kid(s) will learn the value of a dollar.
To assign point values for any job, simply enter in the number of points the job is worth into the appropriate field on the assign jobs page.
3. Use the Sticky Note!
Kids love to be praised. Send them a love note everyday and see them flourish! To send a sticky note:
- From the “my family” page, click on the family member’s name that you want to send a sticky to.
- Type your note in the box located in the upper left corner.
- When finished, click “I’m All Done” and your note will appear in the bottom right hand corner of their profile page. Awesome!
4. Emails and Texts Keep You in the Loop.
When all morning jobs are done and “I’m Done” is clicked, Mom or Dad get an email or text that lets them know they are completed! Same thing with evening jobs! You also get an email or text when a reward is earned and “I’m Done” is clicked.
5. Parental Point Adjuster.
This lets you “bonus” points or take them away if you need to. To adjust points for a member of the family:
- click on the family member that you want to adjust points for from the “my family” page.
- under “total points” there are two buttons, one with a “+” sign and another with a “-” sign. Click these to either add or subtract one point from the child’s total
- you can also highlight the total point number and retype the number of points you want the child to have
- after adjusting the points, click “update” to save.
6. Custom Icons for Jobs and Rewards.
To add a custom icon/image for any job:
- click “Jobs Summary”
- select the job you wish to customize and click “Edit Selected”
- at the lower-right of the screen, click the red text “ADD YOUR OWN JOB ICON!”
- A pop-up box with your computer’s files appears. Select the image you wish to use for the icon
- click “open” and your file is uploaded to myjobchart for that chore
- save the job by clicking, “I’m All done.”
7. Let Your Kids Decide What They Want to Work For
Nothing helps encourage kids better than something they REALLY want. Allow them to decide what they are doing chores for and set up a reasonable point system with them in order for them to attain their reward.
8. Follow Through
When you get that email or text letting you know they have earned a reward make a big deal out of it and follow through right away!! Throw a party!!
We hope this list helps give you some ideas about how to make the most of My Job Chart. Of course, it was designed to be dynamic and customizable in order to conform to all family types and needs.
Maybe you have some unique ways in which you are using My Job Chart. Maybe you would like to see something that we haven’t thought of yet. Leave your comments below or fill out the the form on the “feedback” tab on the left of the site. We appreciate your input and support.
Welcome to the Parenting Tips Blog!
March 1st, 2010 - Category: My Job Chart
The time has finally come and we are ready to kick off the new “Parenting Tips Blog” at MyJobChart.com. The Parenting Tips Blog was developed in order to give parents a trusted source to go to in search of useful parenting ideas and information.
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Being a parent today is harder than ever. It is easy to get frustrated and impatient when things don’t go exactly as we planned or had hoped they would in regards to how we rear and teach our children. We all have our own ideas and methods that we use to help our children grow and progress in a safe environment and have the opportunities they need to develop all of their given talents.
Parenting is one of the most difficult jobs in the world but it can also be one of the most rewarding endeavors that life has to offer. The MyJobChart.com Parenting Tips Blog wishes to aid parents in their pursuit of making parenting a rewarding endeavor.
About the Blog
The Parenting Tips Blog will offer frequent posts on different areas of parenting. Some of the posts will come from trained professionals and child psychologists, while others will be written by the greatest professionals of all – real parents.
The blog will include posts on topics such as:
- advice on helping your children understand the need for developing good work habits
- making family mealtime more effective
- keeping your children off the x-box 360 and other gaming devices
- how to manage tantrums and fits
- keeping children safe at home
- how to effectively use myjobchart.com to teach children to work
- …and much more
the Parenting Tips Blog will cover all aspects of parenting and how to be more successful and effective as a parent.
Share Your Ideas With Us
The blog has been developed to not only be a source of information, but we hope it will provide a hub for parents to participate and share ideas with each other about parenting. Each blog post will end with an invitation for readers to share their thoughts on the ideas offered in the post and to provide additional tips on things that your family does that works. These will be valuable for other readers who can take the ideas they feel will work in their own family and implement them.
We also encourage everyone to share your success stories with the community. Maybe you tried something that another reader suggested and found that it worked great in your own family. Tell us about it so that we can all share in the success and joy of being parents.
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We would invite all to subscribe to the blog either via RSS or to receive email updates so that you are notified every time a new “tips” post has been published. With your participation, we can all grow and be edified from each other and enjoy the journey of becoming a better parent. Please notify us of any questions you have either by commenting in the section below or contacting us directly. We are always seeking to improve the site and we hope you enjoy MyJobChart.com.
MyJobChart.com Featured on Sonoran Living
January 14th, 2010 - Category: My Job Chart
Myjobchart.com was featured on ABC 15 in Phoenix Arizona. Founder, Gregg Murset had a live 5 minute demonstration of a new site that is revolutionizing the way kids learn responsibility and work ethic. Murset is a father of 6 children and has lived in Queen Creek, Arizona for the last 10 years. He is also a Certified Financial Planner and is very concerned about kids learning the true value of a dollar.
MyJobChart.com also recently became a sponsor on http://theidearoom.blogspot.com
What is MyJobChart?
January 14th, 2010 - Category: My Job Chart
My Job Chart is a free online chore chart for kids. It allows parents to determine what chores are assigned to their children. As kids do these chores they earn points. These points accumulate and are then used to redeem rewards in the child’s own personalized reward store. Through patent pending technology MJC sends either a text or email to parents each time jobs are completed or rewards are redeemed.
We encourage you to give it a try for FREE! Tell us what you think through our feedback form. We are always looking to improve.
There is Not a Money Tree in the Backyard!
January 13th, 2010 - Category: My Job Chart
Myjobchart.com was created because a father of 6 in queen creek Arizona believes in that statement. Gregg Murset is a certified financial planner and has worked with clients in the investment industry for over a decade. Many of his clients are successful business owners that know the value of hard work. These professional relationships have reinforced for him the importance of instilling these same values into his own children.
Gregg believes that so many kids these days are handed everything and don’t have to work for what they get. In the long run this is ultimately to their detriment. If kids grow up with a virtual money tree in the backyard it’s going to be hard for them to value hard work and responsibility. Myjobchart.com is a tool for parents that is revolutionizing how these principles are being taught and reinforced with children today