05-12-2011, 03:05 PM
I've been giving it some thought and have decided to apply the concept of the first video towards helping my daughter learn responsibility and to assist around the house. It's been more than a chore to get her to do even the smallest of tasks around the house and we've been struggling with her acting irresponsible. One of the things my daughter wants is to have a cell phone. It so happens that my wife is up for a new cell phone (and to re-sign) on her account this November and my daughter's birthday is November.
I hit upon the idea of offering quests and daily quests that would offer reward her with experience points. When she received enough points she would get the cellphone she desired. The quests would all be posted in one place that she could check on a daily basis. There would be daily quests like (Make your bed, tidy your room) and weekly quests such as (Dust and vacuum your room, sweep the living room and dining room) and bonus quests of a much longer duration (weed the garden) that would offer her points.
My problem has been in figuring out what her ending experience goal should be and how much to offer per quest along with a good way to graphically show this to her as a carrot on the stick to keep her on task. Any suggestions for tactics I use? I figure I can always Blizz-out on her and set a daily/weekly cap on experience and turn any extra quest rewards into something else she desires (new crayons, art supplies, etc) if she threatens to get to the goal before November.
I hit upon the idea of offering quests and daily quests that would offer reward her with experience points. When she received enough points she would get the cellphone she desired. The quests would all be posted in one place that she could check on a daily basis. There would be daily quests like (Make your bed, tidy your room) and weekly quests such as (Dust and vacuum your room, sweep the living room and dining room) and bonus quests of a much longer duration (weed the garden) that would offer her points.
My problem has been in figuring out what her ending experience goal should be and how much to offer per quest along with a good way to graphically show this to her as a carrot on the stick to keep her on task. Any suggestions for tactics I use? I figure I can always Blizz-out on her and set a daily/weekly cap on experience and turn any extra quest rewards into something else she desires (new crayons, art supplies, etc) if she threatens to get to the goal before November.