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Teach children about finances with DoughMain!

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We started giving our children allowances when they were old enough to begin to grasp the meaning of money, and when they were also able to complete even the easiest of chores. We didn’t use a chart of any sort, but as they grew older, they learned that there were certain chores that were to be done each and every day. If they’d “forget” too many times in a week, their allowance amount was reduced for that week.

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I recently discovered DoughMain – an awesome family organizer and money management program for kids (and to help adults keep track!). Although my kids are now 15 and 22, I can’t help but think how much I would have enjoyed this program and how much easier it would have been to assign not only chores, but general tasks that were their own responsibility.

DoughMain is a free financial education and family organization website developed to educate both children and young adults about the value of money and the importance of money matters, while keeping the family organized.

I have been exploring the DoughMain website and it’s really neat! Your children receive “dough points” when they complete a task. These points can be accumulated for various tasks, including game play. With game play, kids can play age appropriate games to learn to be responsible while still having fun.

online money games for kids

You (the parent) decides the value of dough points – you might choose to make them worth real money, privileges, or anything else you desire.

Here is a video that explains DoughMain a little more:

I think it is a great idea that kids can look up their “account” to see how many dough points they have. They can also choose to get notifications via email or by messages from DoughMain.

chore chart

There are so many neat features at DoughMain – you’ll have to check it out to see all that it has to offer. I love the fact that it takes the guesswork out of whether a chore/task has been completed. You will also find an online forum, if you have questions or just want to talk to and learn from other parents. I can only imagine how efficiently things would have been run in our household if DoughMain was around when my kids were younger. I certainly could have used the help!

To help get your kids started with money management, DoughMain has so kindly let me host a giveaway!


THE GIVEAWAY:

One winner will receive a $100 Visa Gift Card!

***NOTE: DO NOT STUMBLE GIVEAWAYS!***

REQUIRED ENTRY: Take a look around on the DoughMain website and tell me what you think would be the most helpful feature for your family.

 

OPTIONAL EXTRA ENTRIES:
{Can be done only after initial entry above is done}.
Please leave links to your entries, where appropriate, and leave a separate comment for each entry.

TWITTER AND FACEBOOK OPTIONS:

Win a  $100 Visa Gift Card @EightyMPHMom @doughmainbuzz
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MISC. OPTIONS:

  • Create a DoughMain account (use code eightymph) – 3 extra entries
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No purchase necessary. Open to residents of US only. Giveaway ends June 10th at 9:00 p.m. (PST).  ONE ENTRANT PER HOUSEHOLD/IP Address! I check all entries – cheating will not be tolerated.  Winner will be notified via email and needs to reply within 48 hours, or a new winner will be chosen. Please make sure you check your spam folder – I will not be responsible if you did not receive winning email notification. Winners name(s) will also be posted on Winners List immediately after drawing has occurred. Winners will be chosen using the “And the Winner is” plugin.  Screenshots of winners available by request.  Prize will be shipped directly from sponsor or their PR Agency unless otherwise noted. **By entering this giveaway, you confirm that you have read and agree to my giveaway rules. Sponsor reserves the right to limit one prize per person/household (of this item/prize pack). Please allow 6-8 weeks for deliver of prize {though it is usually much sooner}. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. We hereby release Facebook of any liability. Odds of winning: The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. All prizes will be awarded. Void where prohibited by law.

Please see Eighty MPH Mom giveaway rules for further information.

*I will be receiving compensation for hosting this giveaway.

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  1. Just had the argument today after school about kids thinking they are working WAY harder than the other…pppsshhht…they dont know what chores ARE! So, that chore tracker would be so nice!. No more saying MooooooOOOOOm she doesn’t do NOoooothhhinnnnng around here. They could just keep track themselves and would leave ME without hounding them. Plus, that calendar feature would be really nice. We are almost at the end of 3 sports in the house and still have yet to post a real calendar with their game dates on it. Organization=Peace and I have not have a moment of either in about 30 years of having kids (and now grandkids) in the house. grr…teens are the hardest though.

  4. I commented on your post about you getting rid of your Pinterest Account and maybe some regrets?

    Posted comment 5/24 (Eileen)

  9. My favorite is the “Saving and Spending” because helps children young with their money skills by viewing and keeping track of their bank balances. It also lets parents keep track of all the family member accounts in one place!

  10. I think the most beneficial to our family is their Allowance and Rewards Tracker. That way it will help me to stay fair and can remember what I’ve done for each grandson.

  27. The chore/task chart would really help us out. We’ve been trying to impliment a chore routine with our kids, but they don’t complete their chores half the time. Love this idea.
    Thanks so much.

  33. I loved the Chores organizer. My girls are growing up and I want them to be responsible for their room, bed and also some small things around the house like organizing grocery. this will be a great tool to do that.

  45. Since my kids are 4 and 6, the Fun Vault game would benefit them so they can learn more about money basics.

  70. Visited the site and the most helpful part for us would be the online family calendar because it is so hard to keep track of what everyone is upto some days!

  75. I like the retail gift card feature that tracks and keep the balance of your gift card.

  83. the chore tracker would be the most helpful, we tried doing this growing up but all we had was a sheet of paper and wrote in tick marks next to each chore

  88. My own kids are grown now, but the chore/task chart would have been nice for them to keep track and get rewarded.

  93. The online family calender and the spend save and especially give would be of great help to us! 🙂

  115. The chore/task chart would really help us out to keep track of which chores each child needs to do and has done.

  128. I like the “Money Games” section. Games are a fun way to teach concepts that might otherwise seem boring or dry to children.

  130. i visited doughmain and i think their chore tracker would be really useful!

    annae07 at aol dot com

  141. For us it would for sure be the calendar- it seems every day it is go go go without a moment in between- anything to stop going in 3 different directions would help!

  154. I think the Online Family Calendar would be the most used by my family.
    .Thanks for the giveaway!

  179. The Save, Spend, Give tool would be great; my son has wish lists of things he wants to get and this would help him manage his money and show him how to save for the things he wants to buy.

  199. I love the money games they have (for free) that are tailored to kids’ ages. I am a huge fan of fun teaching software. When my boys were little they loved to play Math Blaster and similar games that were fun and yet taught them a lot about math concepts. These games sound great and I’m going to pass the info along to my niece and nephew.

  206. This would be such a big help to us – Family Calendar!
    We need help getting organized.
    Thank you.

  219. All my kids are out of the house and are adults, but I would love to show my little nephews this, its a great learning tool
    pedidentalasst at yahoo dot com

  224. The games. So, many adults need this. It’s not easy to save money in a consumer culture.

    melodyj(at)gmail(dot)com

  235. I like the family calendar, but the kids would like the money games.
    dolniaks at consolidated dot net

  252. I love how each family member can have an account and the coordination of DoughMain – it will really help my kids understand money management!

  266. “Saving and Spending” If children are taught the benefits of saving and learn good spending habits credit card debts can be avoided.

  270. Wow a great website…I like the whole idea but especially setting the frequency of the chores…I have to take out the trash 4 times a day but my kids think if they do it once a week they’ve done chores…they just don’t get it…I think this would help.
    Sherri J.

  277. I definitely think the chore tracker would be great! thanks so much!
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  295. ***NOTE: DO NOT STUMBLE GIVEAWAYS!***

    REQUIRED ENTRY: Take a look around on the DoughMain website and tell me what you think would be the most helpful feature for your family

    the calender could come in handy..not a fan of stuff like that though

  298. Fan Eighty MPH Mom on Facebook (leave your name or first initial and last name) – 1 entry

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  300. Subscribe to Eighty MPH Mom via email (MAKE SURE you verify!) and/or RSS feed (reader) – 1 entry each

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  327. I think it is very important that children learn financial responsibility as soon as possible.

  337. The most helpful would be the Online Family Calendar, so many things get forgotten around here.

  344. I think the calendar would be the most helpful feature for my family because it would keep us organized.

  409. I think the Save, Spend, Give Organizer Tool would be the most beneficial for our household.

  421. We would definitely benefit from the family calendar and the chore chart. We are currently trying to get our daughter on a chore system and as for the calendar, well our lives are very hectic so this would be very useful!

  443. most helpful would probably be the “Sand Dollar City” for my tween daughter
    Thank you for hosting this giveaway

    Louis
    pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com

  469. I think the Allowance & reward tracker would definitely be used and would so help me out a lot .

    Thank you for the great giveaway
    I’m definitely going to sign up asap ,it seems fun and really helpful

  496. The Money Game – The Fun Vault help with the beginning stages of recognition to actually spending money.

  533. Since we don’t have kids, I would recommend it to my family who does–I think the chores tracker would be handy

  534. REQUIRED ENTRY: Saving and Spending >>>with 5 grandkids here everyday this is a great way to be heads on

  537. I like the allowance and rewards cause it teaches my kids to be fair in life and learn some valuable skills

  556. I think the color coordinated family calender would be really helpful!

    demureprincess7(at)gmail(dot)com

  566. The Chores Tracker would definitely be the most useful for us – it would keep everyone accountable for the household jobs they were assigned each week and make it easier to stay on top of what needs to be done around the house. Thanks!

  588. I like the online family calendar and think it would be really useful for my family because my husband and I work odd shifts and we have 2 kids involved in lots of activities!

  592. I would love Choretracker with many of my students. I work in special education, but our school tries to prepare students for the REAL world. I think this would help.

  594. I like that it will help me to see exactly where my money goes and where I can cut back! It’s simple and you can make it as complicated as you need it to be. A useful product!

  596. The chores/allowance features would be awesome to help keep track of chores and allowance for individual children.

  614. I think the info on allowances and rewards would be good. one reads so much info on giviing the allowance freely without earning it and other sources indicate it should be related to tasks or jobs completed.

  622. the rewards tracker is great for keeping track of those little hand outs
    vmkids3 at msn dot com

  633. I think my fave is the saving and spending because finance are so tight and important to our family now.

  644. The most helpful feature would be the fun games for the kids as way for them to learn about savings and earnings

  649. The Connected Bank Accounts feature would be convenient.

    hook6475 at yahoo .com

  655. Our family would probably benefit the most from DoughMain’s ‘Allowance Tracker and Rewards Program’! I think it’s wonderful that the DoughMain Allowance Tool is easy for parents to set up and use and acts as an online allowance chart for kids while helping the entire family track allowance awards! And the fact that it features personalized allowance settings for each child is an added ‘bonus’ of this awesome online service!

  659. i like the savings and spendings section….it helps because you can view multiple accounts on same site and track spending,saving..Kids and teens can see their individual accounts without needing full online banking access.

  668. the chore tracker would help the most, I love how you can custom set it up. sweepmorey at gmail dot com

  673. I think the prepaid Visa cards would be really good. Few people really carry cash these days, it’s a great wat to teach kids about debit cards and paying attention to balances

  675. I really like the family organizer tool. This would be so much more helpful than all my little notes scattered all around. Great site!

  685. Allowance Tracker and Rewards would be the most helpful to our family i love this site thanks for blogging about it

  689. I like the Allowance and Reward Tracker. It would help me to track allowances and keep everything fair to my grandchildren

  708. I would love the Saving and Spending feature for my family. It would be a great tool to use to help us save money and to keep track of it

  716. I think the calendar would be so useful to us. With sports, school events, appointments and keeping up with visitation schedule.

  724. I love the prepaid visa cards and that they can’t be overdrawn.
    skipthelaundry at gmail dot com

  756. Financial Literacy Among Kids – Money Basics. We need to relearn this.

    tdlsfm(at)yahoo(dot)com

  757. It can help coordinate my family and teach us about money. I want to thank you about this sweep and hope to win 🙂 Thanks !!!

  758. I think that the financial learning features for kids is the most useful part since it helps them learn about money early.

  762. The allowance tracker sounds like a great idea, and a great way to get your kids thinking about how to ear and keep track of money.

  770. I really like that the games are geared to give kids such an early star with financial education- they begin with Kindergarten ages! I wish we had had software like this when I was younger.

  771. I like the online organizer. I could really use it during th school year to keep up with all of our pto stuff, my oldest daugther’s softball gams and practices and my youngest daughter’s cheer stuff. Thank you!!

  782. I love the chore tracker feature. How convenient for me to keep track and the kids too

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  803. The rewards tracker would be perfect for us! With as many kids as I have it gets hard to remember who earned what!

  805. I would like the Allowance and Rewards Tracker. This way everyone can see that it is fair and may want to try harder for the rewards.

  833. I like that it has an APPROVED feauture and not just a COMPLETED feauture. Although it may be done doesnt mean its approved by me.

  845. Thanks for the giveaway…the chore / task scheduler is perfect for our kids !
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  851. LOVE sooo much about this. Will be showing it to hubby and checking into it more. Love the chore planner to keep track, love how the kids can check their balance..just looks like it is a lot less stressful than what we have been doing