How to get children to do their chores

My husband and I have figured out a way for us to get the children to do their chores and be able to do the things that they want to do. We have developed a merit system. Which will teach them the value of their merits, and what they will be able to spend them on. We have been working with this for a week and so far it is working. Bryson is the middle one and so far he has earned more than the other two put together. Everything else that we have tried has not worked so this teaches them the value of earning the merits to use in whatever way they want. For example, for two hours of game play they have to accumulate twenty merits, for spending the night at a friends house they have to earn twenty merits for one night, for two nights they have to earn forty merits. For watching movies we have based that on five merits for one movie, and ten merits for two movies. Out of all the things that we have tried over the years this is the only thing that has worked. As a parent we have the responsiblity to teach our children the value of money, and how they have to earn things that they want to do. Children these days do not care about much, and they think that the parents should do everything and let them do anything they want. I was not raised that way and will not let my children act like that. Children expect their parents to clean their room, if they make a mess in the livingroom they do not think they should have to clean it up. The merit system that we have put in place is something that will allow them to learn the concepts of being able to use their merits for something that they want to do. We have tried assigning chores for them to do but it never worked. I have got to say that they have spent more time cleaning and doing the chores so that they can play, watch movies, and go out to their friends house.