Keeping a house tidy is hard work. For a family with children the challenge becomes even greater. Many families want their kids to help out with the chores of everyday living, but motivating kids to do this is difficult. What if there was a tool that made this process easier and even made it fun and rewarding for the whole family?
We are creating an app that helps families structure their everyday tasks, while teaching kids that rewards need to be earned through work. In it, family members can create assignments for each other, that they then have to complete. By completing these tasks the user gains points that later can be traded for rewards. Together, the family decides what these tasks and rewards will be. For a child a task may be to clean their room or do their homework, while a reward may be an ice cream or allowance. The family could also set a collective goal like family trip once they’ve earned enough points as a group.
We focus our user base on families with children, but it’s worth noting that this system can be used by other groups of people as well, like students living together in a dorm.