Erin and I have been thinking of ways to help our kids learn responsibility. One day we decided that maybe we could use Porter's passion with video games to help him learn the importance of responsibilities; like cleaning his room, making his bed, reading books, chores, etc. The things that need to be done each day before the fun things. Erin made a sticker chore chart, Porter's showing it in his picture, of many many squares. The idea behind is was for every chore he did around the house if got a sticker to put on his chart. Then when the chore cart was filled he could get his first lego video game. He actually took it to heart. It was pretty fun to hear him, almost everyday, ask..."what else can I do today?" He took a little over a month to fill the chart out completely. Towards the end he seemed to get even more motivated as he noticed the squares to fill were less and less. I think the last two days he did 6-8 chores per day. He was a great helper. The deal now is he can earn playing minutes by doing his chores prior to playing each day. So far so good. He's doing pretty well with the whole idea.
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