Ages 12–17
Teen Chore & Allowance System
A weekly chore and money system with a two-sided agreement, a 43-job menu, step cards, a money plan and a payday tracker. 24 pages.
Charts & systems
Charts and systems for everyday responsibility
No stickers, no cartoons, no reward chart that belongs on a preschool fridge. An agreement the two of you make together, and the hard jobs broken into steps.
What makes it different
It carries on past the tick box
Most chore charts stop when the job is marked done. This one keeps going into the part that actually teaches something: you agree a rate per job, your teenager works out what the week earned, and payday splits it three ways at percentages the two of you set once.
- A two-sided agreement — what each of you commits to, not a list of what the teenager owes
- Setting the rates — a method and a worked example, so the numbers are not a guess
- 43 age-appropriate jobs to choose from, with rates left blank on purpose
- A savings goal with room to draw or tape a picture of the actual thing
- A reset conversation for the weeks it falls apart, because it will
The printables
Available now, and what’s next
Next up
Family Chore & Behaviour Pack
One pack for the whole household, not one chart for one child.
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Design notes
Built for teenagers who do better with fewer things on the page
Including teenagers with ADHD and teenagers with autism. These are design decisions, not claims about what the pack will do.
One idea per page
Nothing set below 12 pt, generous white space, and the same shape every week so there is nothing new to decode.
Nothing carried by colour alone
Every box, line and number works printed in black and white, on a home printer, without draining a cartridge.
Not designed to look childish
A teenager has to be willing to have this on their wall. It reads like a plan the two of you made, not a punishment chart.
Free download
Try real pages before you buy anything
Send me your email and I’ll send you a free sample — real pages, not a blurred preview, so you can see whether the tone and the layout suit the child or teenager you’re helping.
Common questions
Questions about the teen system
Is this not just a chore chart?
There is a chore chart in it, but the chart is the smallest part. The pack also covers setting rates, a two-sided agreement, a save-spend-give money plan, a payday tracker, and step cards that break a big job into single actions.
What are step cards?
Most chore charts assume 'do the laundry' is one instruction. It is really five actions spread over an hour, with a gap in the middle where the whole thing gets forgotten. Each step card lists one job as single actions with a tick box for each, so it stays obvious which part is left.
We do not pay for chores. Is it still useful?
Yes. There are two weekly charts — one with earnings and one without — so the pack works in households where chores are simply expected.
I have more than one teenager. Does it handle that?
Every sheet you write on has a Name field, so you print a chart each rather than sharing one grid. The printing guide covers keeping the rates fair across two lists.
What file formats do I get?
Three files in one download: a print-ready PDF, a fillable PDF with 397 form fields that works in free Adobe Reader, and an editable Word document for changing the wording itself. All 24 pages, US Letter.