I copied and pasted this with permission from another site I frequent by a member who is thrilled with this game and wanted to share it. I think it's a great idea!


I always love it when people share their stories about great products. I bought my Swiffer because so many people had good things to say, and I've been very happy with it.

Today, it's my turn to share about a great product.

"THAT'S THE TICKET" game is FABULOUS!

I saw this on the local news a few days ago, and ordered it. We started using it twenty minutes after it arrived on Monday.

Now, on day three, I'm ready to say it's worth the money.

The boys, ages 5, nearly 8, and 10, have been difficult with their father gone.

And, if the truth be known, I haven't exactly been the world's greatest parent. I didn't kill any of them, mind you, but I've had some really rough times with them. To those of you who have been single parents a long time, you have my utmost respect and sympathy. We've had some really difficult times, and there have been times when I've given in on something, just because I was utterly exhausted. That doesn't help behavior issues.

One of the local news anchors is a member of our church. He's a great guy, and a devoted Dad, so when I saw him talking about this fabulous new product on the news, and announcing that they were going to interview the creator in the upcoming segment, I stopped to really watch closely.

It's a "game" that you play all day, every day, with your children. You get two charts, a host of stickers for the charts, and a roll of tickets. One of the charts is a list of "WAYS TO WIN". The other is a list of "REWARDS"!

The charts are blank when you get them. There are stickers, with ticket values on them, for each way to win. If you do the item on the sticker, you get that number of tickets, but for most of them, if you don't do the item on the sticker, you lose that number of tickets. They include a wide variety of behaviors:

Study habits
Social skill items like being polite, or being honest at all times, working as a team with family and friends, etc.
Assigned chores
Attitudes
Health and Hygiene habits

The reward stickers include items like:

1 hour of television
Having a sleep over
A trip to Chuck E. Cheese (and there are other trip items as well)
A later bedtime. for one night
Going to a party
Having a party


There are also blank stickers that Mom and Dad can write in particular things that apply to their household.

The idea is that some of the behaviors that are important to parents are not so important to kids. For example. it is important to me that the boys lay their clothes out for school the night before they go to school.
They could not care less about this.

Now, however, if they lay out their clothes the previous night, they can earn 2 tickets. Those two tickets can be added to tickets they earn in other ways, and for ten tickets, they can buy an hour of television watching.

If they want to stay up an extra hour after bedtime, to watch a special program, they have to pay for those things as well, all with tickets.

No allowance unless they've earned a minimum of 75 tickets in the week.

Now, it may sound mundane, and pretty obvious, but here's the thing. I've tried reward systems in the past, with minimal success. This time, they can run and check the chart, and figure out how many tickets they need to save.

My oldest son is a "Survivor" fan. It's on at 8:00, but that's his bedtime. To watch it, he needs 60 tickets. Ten are for the hour of television, and 50 to stay up past bedtime.

The first two days, they received NO penalties, just warnings. Today, however, failures cost them tickets.

Now here's what I want you to know. My children have cleaned their rooms, and I never once had to fuss at them. The oldest is cleaning a bathroom as I type, and the arguing (you get five tickets if you can resist arguing with your brother) has dropped to an all time low.

It has been very difficult to get the boys to help out around the house. Suddenly, they're offering to do jobs that are not normally theirs. The tickets are a currency extraordinaire, in their minds.

Including shipping and handling, the game cost me $36 and change, but the results? Well, as MasterCard says, some things are "priceless".

Here's the website: http://www.thatstheticketgame.com/

The first child to really hook into the game was my youngest, and I have to tell you that I think the earlier you can start, the better off you are.

I know most of y'all have really small children, but as they get older, this thing could really become a delight.
I cannot say enough good things.