I love the idea of gamifying (talk about a weird word) things for kids. Maybe I’m an optimist, but I think most kids want to be “good,” but they are kids and so don’t really understand abstract or vague concepts well. Heck, when I was around 6 or 7, I really wanted an NES, but we didn’t have a lot of money. So I started saving my allowance, and my parents said “if you save up, you can buy one.” $5 or so a week took me a pretty long time to save up, but I did it and bought the thing cash. Actually having the money accumulate taught me a lot about money – I can’t say that the experience taught me everything, but it was positive and tangible and I realized what $107 actually meant.
I don’t know about “screen time” as a reward, since it seems that all this kid wants to do is watch television, but whatever.
