OK then, it's official - school's out for summer!
Seeing as how The Boy received three D's on his last 9 weeks of school, one of which was in PE, I have devised an evil plan. But I ask you, how does one go about getting a D in PE? Oh I very well know how, he didn't dress-out. UGH.
Anyway, after careful contemplating and strategic planning, The Gent and I have come up with a most delightful yet evil-genius plan for both of the kids this summer.
First, The Boy:
No Xbox or computers during the daytime. He has opportunities to earn the right to play his Xbox. Details below.
He is to give us a weekly book report; due every Thursday along with the new book he will read for the following week. If he does this then he earns the right to have his Xbox Friday through Sunday, unlimited. No book report? No Xbox. Period. The book report is to be hand-written, two pages.
The Boy will also complete two to three math worksheets per day. We will print them off the night before and they will be grade appropriate. He earns $2.00 per math worksheet completed - a little summer spending money. If he does not complete the math work sheets then it is kitchen duty for him, and no money. No money means no sodas and candy for him. Oh you wanted to go to the movies? Where is your money?
Now, with regards to the math worksheets - this is how it was originally but I am not that much of a hard ass. The Boy asked me just tonight if he could somehow earn his Xbox for an hour every night. I thought about it and said, "Sure, complete the math worksheets." For you see, The Boy has been doing kitchen duty since we started this last week. So I am flexible. No math work sheets? No Xbox for an hour a night, no cash, and he has kitchen duty.He is to do a load of laundry a day, from start to finish. We set the load of laundry out the night before. That way we know what load he is supposed to do and it prevents him from saying he did a load when really all he did was two towels.
He is to keep the kitchen clean, orderly, and tidy all day long. If the kids get up and make breakfast, snack all day, or whatever, it had better be clean by the end of the day. That is his job. His responsibility.
Now, you are probably thinking he got it easy with the chores. You don't understand. It will be an undertaking, for him. It is just the action, the consistent action that I want him to do and complete. Something that is achievable for him and something we can praise him for at the end of the day.
And now we come to The Girl:
We have made her house manager and put her on a salary. She is to make sure the house is cleaned and in functioning order. She will also be given a petty cash account and if we need anything then she is responsible for getting it. She is responsible for all things related to day-to-day running of a household. If the floor needs vacuuming, she will do it. If we need a gallon of milk, she can run to the store. She feeds and walks the dog. Today she did the windows. Tomorrow she plans on dusting but we need Pledge - so guess what? She's getting Pledge. But you get the idea. She also has a lot more freedom and independence from The Boy. She made all A's and B's this past year so she gets a pass on the academics. Well, she does have her summer reading to do - for HIGH SCHOOL.
Everything is working out nicely thus far. Well, all except for the math worksheets but hopefully we have given him more of an incentive to get them done with an hour's worth of Xbox in the evening IF he completes them. The thing with The Boy and math is that he is smart. He can do the work in his head. He doesn't want to have to take the time in writing out the problem. We are hoping this will help. He needs to S-L-O-W down and THINK.
Yeah, so I am evil parent I guess.
Am I the only evil parent here? Anyone else out there having their chick-a-dies doing stuff for the summer?
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