Today’s guest post is a video by my thirteen-year-old daughter. Inspired by last week’s old lady video, she was all over the chance to share what goes through a kid’s mind when faced with a chore … even a chore that directly benefits them.
Heard on the Street…
MOAT Mica sent this to me yesterday:
“Have you heard about iallowance?…the greatest app ever invented! When I saw the girls this afternoon, the first thing one of them said was ‘Mom – I earned 2 stars this morning’. Stars are worth no money, mind you and it was for making her bed and taking her vitamins (which we usually have to ask her 7 times to do and she usually only does it to get us off her back.) Stars earn her rewards like Starbucks or getting her nails done. There’s is a free app version, but you can keep track of multiple kids, bank and chores on the $4 version. Jeanie told me about it.” … Thanks, Mica for sharing it with us!!!
So that’s why i have to ask 7 times! It’s like “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” meets “if you give a teenager a chore”. Thanks for adding some comic relief, Kay!
Haha! So funny… I love it and her creativity.
the BEST video. My son, 9, has ADHD and this is how he thinks. I just showed it to him and he got a smile out of it, but I know it made him feel better to know he is not alone and it made me understand better why I send him to get his shoes and he is in the bedroom playing with the cat, totally forgetting the shoes, etc. I “get” it– have read lots–but the video really showed it from the person’s perspective. Thanks for making it and sharing. very clever and a real tool!