Setting point values fairly

Pick numbers a kid can work out in their head. If 10 points is a dollar, everyone knows a 5-point chore is worth 50 cents.

Not every chore needs points. Many families leave everyday chores unpaid and put points on extra or harder work.

Scale Rewards by Child and Difficulty, in Settings → Rewards, sets a percentage per child for easy, medium, and hard chores. At 100% a chore pays what it says. At 150%, a 10-point hard chore pays 15 points.

Use it when the same chore is harder for one child, like a younger kid learning a hard job. Start everyone at 100% and change only what fixes a real problem.

Scaling applies when a chore is approved. Chores approved earlier keep the points they were given.

Decrease Overdue Rewards lowers a chore's points by a percentage for each day it's late, down to a minimum you choose. Turn it on only if lateness is a real problem, and tell the kids first.

When you change values, say that the change applies from now on. Kids take new rules much better than changes to old ones.

Watch for chores that pay a lot but don't help the house much. Lower them or give them to someone else.

Review quickly. To a child, a chore waiting three days for approval feels like unpaid work.