HiHuman Blog
How we run child-raising as a game at home: chores, points, rewards, money, phones. Written by Ivan Bolonikhin, founder of HiHuman.
- Allowance: How Much to Give and What It Should Pay ForNo magic number exists. Decide what the money is for, pick a rhythm, and separate unpaid family duties from paid extras. All figures are examples only.
- Chores by Age: A Checklist for Ages 3 to 15+Which chores a child can handle at 3-5, 6-8, 9-11, 12-14 and 15+. Rough guides, not rules, plus how to add new chores one at a time.
- How to Get Kids to Do Chores Without FightsA short, working routine for kids' chores: what they do on their own, how to agree in advance, and why the fights are rarely about the dishes.
- What to Do When the Week Is a Failure: A Big Task Instead of PunishmentWhy we replaced punishment for a missed week with one big task, how to choose it, and how to keep it from turning into humiliation for your child.
- How to Run a Family Chore BoardPaper board or app, three columns, a five-minute daily check and a Sunday weekly review. How to keep a family chore board going past the second week.
- The Family Meeting: How to Write Rules Together With Your KidsHow to hold a monthly family meeting: an agenda, a turn for everyone, written decisions, a trial period for new rules, and the final word with the parent.
- Kids and AI: What to Teach Before You Hand Over the ChatbotBanning AI does not work. Teach kids to ask good questions, check answers, keep their own thinking and guard personal data, and sit beside them at first.
- How to Teach Your Child to Learn: Study Skills That StickLearning is a skill: a plan, small steps, retelling in your own words, spaced review, rest and sleep, mistakes as data, and the parent as coach.
- Calm Morning Routine for Kids: How We Stopped the YellingEvening prep, a fixed order, a visible checklist, anchor chores and a time buffer. How our family built a calm morning without shouting.
- How to Run a Points System Without Turning Your Home Into a BarracksWhere the line runs between order and control, how to keep warmth in the family, and what I do so a points system never replaces the relationship with my kids.
- Parent Mistakes With a Points System (and How I Fixed Mine)Mistakes I made when I introduced points at home: too many chores, inconsistency, too many penalties and more. And how I fixed each one.
- Phone Rules and Screen Time for Kids: What Works at HomeWhich phone rules work in our home: screen-free evenings, one shared charging spot, and how a child earns a smartphone back. A family's experience.
- Giving a Child's Phone Back After Taking It Away: The Way BackHow to take a smartphone by a rule, not in anger, and how a child earns it back with specific tasks, with no lecture and no endless deadline.
- Points System for Kids: How It Works and How to StartWhat a family points system is, what it is made of, and how to launch one in a single evening: chores, point prices, rewards and rules.
- Rewards and Consequences That Work in a FamilyHow to pick rewards that motivate and consequences that teach, from a father who runs a points system at home. Known in advance, tied to the act, repeated.
- Ranking Your Kids: Should You Compare Siblings?How to keep a kids ranking at home without starting sibling wars: compare each child to their past self, set age-based norms, no shaming, no public reviews.
- What Skills Should a 10-14 Year Old Learn?Which life and character skills grow out of real chores at ages 10-14, and which future skills to add: thinking, learning, digital tools and AI. A father's practice.
- How to Talk to Your Kids About MoneyHow to explain money honestly and in plain words: the family budget at a kid's level, wants versus needs, saving and earning. With dollar examples.
- How to Teach Kids Entrepreneurship at HomeStart with one small real service for neighbors or relatives: your child sets the price, counts costs and sees the profit. A parent's practical guide.
- Weekly Points Target: Why to Count the Week, Not the DayWhat a weekly points target is, how to pick one, and why a week forgives bad days better than a daily count. One family's experience with kids and chores.