The method I try to use with the kid is to involve her in what I’m doing, and enable and encourage playing at being an adult. That translates a lot into doing s

The method I try to use with the kid is to involve her in what I’m doing, and enable and encourage playing at being an adult. That translates a lot into doing some of the housework. Other than that I try to avoid rewards for work, but I do a “no doing the thing you want until you do the thing you need to do” rule. So some amount of work needs to get done before TV time, but it is a fine line to walk to make sure the reward doesn’t ruin intrinsic motivation.