Who's Idea Was This?

Do you ever have this grand idea that somehow backfires? Well it doesn't necessarily backfire it just seems like you care more about it than who it was intended for. We (my husband and I) decided that one of the biggest downfalls of society is financial responsibility. The world would be a much happier place in general if people were taught this one principle. So we decided it was time to institute allowance. In order to help the kids, we are going to institute a mandated division of their earned money. As soon as they are paid, they must separate their money and immediately put 20% into savings, 10% to tithing and the rest is their spending money. So we bought these cute treasure boxes and were going to allow the kids to decorate them. Only my husband and I ended up in the kitchen for an hour or more trying to cover these treasure chests in the scrapbook paper that each child had picked out. To which, I looked at my husband and said, "Don't you just love my grand ideas." He carefully said, "Yes, sometimes. But this one, not so much." We ended up only covering the lid and placing dividers inside the treasure chest. Then we gave the kids the chests and some stickers and let them express themselves. At any rate, we are going to pay the kids allowance. They all have charts for a morning routine, an after school routine and an evening routine. Every time one of those charts is left uncompleted they lose a quarter of their allowance for each task left undone. The kids have been surprisingly focused in accomplishing their tasks. However, the loss of money has also already occurred. We will see how well this goes. Maybe later I will post the charts I have created for my family so you can see them.