My Reward Board 1.61

• License:

  Free to try; $19.95 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.0 stars (out of 6 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  9,793

• Operating Systems:

  Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

• Limitations:

  15-day trial

• Date Added:

  October 05, 2006

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version My Reward Board 1.60 My Reward Board 1 My Reward Board 1.1 My Reward Board 1

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Publisher's description of My Reward Board

Parents, can you imagine your children cleaning their rooms, brushing their teeth, doing their homework, and saving their money, all without complaint? Wouldn't it feel good to spend more positive time with them instead of all the nagging, yelling, and pleading? That's where My Reward Board fits in. With reward coupons, fun animations and achievement certificates, this unique program turns chores and goals into fun and games. Before long your kids will be motivated to do their best everyday. Watch with pride as they grow in responsibility, goal setting skills, and money sense. My Reward Board is much more than a simple chore chart.

Version 1.61 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

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Editor's review of My Reward Board

• 4.0 stars

• "Keep kids on task"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: My Reward Board 1.61

Whee! Assigning tasks and setting goals enter the realm of fun with this creative application that will delight kids with its rich animation and bustling hands-on participation. My Reward Board is colorfully and whimsically designed with activities planted in icons throughout the screen.

In a password-protected environment, adults and kids can assign household or school chores from eight categories, or create their own. Kid-earned points can be traded for short and long-term payouts, like allowance and spending time with parents. Kids can earn bonus points for achieving personal goals, and can play with the program's many extra features.

One downside of the 15-day trial is the program's bloated use of system memory. At 16MB, it's not exactly a featherweight. However, if you have memory to spare, the program's appealing method for tracking assigned tasks, its game-like feel, and inventive reward system provide a fun chore-list alternative for elementary-age children and parents alike.

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• 4 stars

  Version: My Reward Board 1.61

  "Great motivator for kids"

  by skmcdade on November 12, 2006

  Pros: My kids really enjoy and use this product. It was easy to set up, and mostly self-explanatory. It confused me at first that there was so little in the way of "help" and FAQ's, but that's because it's really not needed.

  This program can track chores, behavior, allowances and more. The kids get star points for doing chores or working on behavior goals, and they can spend the star points on rewards ranging from extra TV time to going to an amusement park. They can save up their points from week to week for the big stuff.

  Parents set up a password that is needed for certain functions, like making changes to the point total and printing out reward coupons.

  I highly recommend this product.

  Cons: Occasionally I run across something I'd like to do but can't -- for instance, there's a demerit tracker, but the demerits are only used to withhold the child's allowance if they get too many demerits. The demerits do not take away from points earned by doing chores. Also, we found that when we added demerits to our daughter's account, the weekly payout of star points would not go through. The program froze up completely during the payout process. This apparently is a bug in the program.

  I'd also like to be able to customize the rewards available to each child. The rewards are customizable -- you can disable any you don't want to use, and you can add new ones -- but the list of reward choices will still be the same for all kids, regardless of age and interests.

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