Families have been using reward systems to promote good behavior in their children for many years. Typically, they involve giving a reward for appropriate behavior or for doing something such as keeping a room neat, performing chores, or getting good grades. Learning to respond to incentives is a very important life skill.

Here is a reward system that takes a unique approach. Its design allows the child or teenager to be rewarded with weekly allowance for respectful behavior or conversely to choose to spend their reward on “disrespect time”.