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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of DoughMain.com for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

At my house, my children are assigned chores. I don’t have a chore chart, but I think I just might use a neat online chore chart I just recently found on the website DoughMain. This is a very neat website that allows you to combine family organization and financial education in one simple and easy to use platform. What I really like about this site is their Chore Chart & Tracker that I have started for my family.

I mentioned that my children are assigned chores, but that does NOT mean that they always do them without being reminded. DoughMain has a very cool chore chart that parents can view and assign chores online. You can then track your children’s progress in real time. This Chore Chart also has a allowance and rewards system that helps parents to reward their children for completing the chores assigned as well as other achievements.

Here is a screenshot of my chore chart I am setting up for my daughters on DoughMain:

With the DoughMain chore chart, you can add each of your children and assign them a color that will be used on the chart. You then add chores for them and when and how often they are to do them. Your children can login to their site with their login information that you setup and mark when they have completed each of their chores in the chart. When your children complete these tasks, they can also earn real money or Dough Points as an extra incentive if you choose to setup this option using their Allowance Tool. I think that using some type of reward system for my children might give them an extra incentive to do their chores without reminding them.

If you have a busy family and looking for a way to stay organized, DoughMain offers family organizer tools including an online family calendar that is interactive like the chore chart. You setup each family member with a color and then you can add each of their items on their schedule as an event. What is neat about this calendar is it has the option to import community calendars from sports teams, schools, scouts, etc. directly into your DoughMain calendar.

Now for the fun!

In addition to helping your children become more organized and doing chores on time, the kids can have FUN playing a financial responsibility game too! There are 3 different age relevant games that can be played to help teach financial responsibility.

• TheFunVault.com – a Flash game portal teaching basic money lessons to children ages 5 and up
• SandDollarCity.com – a multiplayer virtual world where children ages 8 to 12 manage a family candy shop
• IRuleMoney.com – a site for ages 13 to 17, featuring 30-second videos of teens talking about all things financial, from jobs, credit cards, car loans, to credit score

Best part of DoughMain is there is nothing to download, access everything from your browser! Be sure to sign up using “dough” as the reference code for a chance to win a $500 Visa gift card. The winner will be displayed on their blog

For more information and to sign up visit: doughmain.com