Green Yellow Red

(commence eye rolling now)

so

the girls are sort of out of control

they've never really had any consequences at all

so I've been thinking about what motivates them

and allowance is on top of the list.
that and trips to Braums

So -- here's what I'm trying

Every day - the girls start in the Green

small offenses get you into the yellow zone:  having to be asked to do things over and over (for example) -- being wild - bad manners.

and big offenses get you into the red (cheating, lying, fighting)

and they can earn their way out of red and yellow with extra credit cards -- which involve an apology and a household chore

( I loved when FoxyLoxy said, "what if my room's already clean?" - I didn't say, "I'll die of shock" - -I said, "you'll have to pull another card")

Now - I know you're thinking:

Are you flipping kidding me?
Ground them
Take away privileges
spank them
make them do it

etc etc etc

Groudning and taking away privileges? - involves paperwork
spankings are forbidden

and these kids?

they mostly care about ice cream -- treats -- and allowance.

So -- each green day = $1.00
Each yellow day = $0.50
Each Red day = $0.00

and a trip to Braums requires that BOTH girls have at least 4 green days per week (one of the doesn't?  - no trip)

considering we pretty much LIVE in "yellow" -- this will be challenging for them.

So we know have a calendar - and a bunch of green, yellow and red stars
and the girls are committed -- because - they love the idea of being able to earn MORE allowance than they have

and -- it hasn't really occurred to them that if they're bad at the end of the day - -there's no chance to get out of yellow before bedtime.

wahahahahahaha!