Behavior contract for teenager wordBehavior Contract • July 1st, 2022
Contract Type FiledJuly 1st, 2022My 11-year-old definitely needs a behavior contract. Ah, summer. I am dreading it just as much as I am looking forward to it. Definitely looking forward to long, warm days, gardening, good eating. Not looking forward to, “I’m bored!” on Day 3. I went into his room this morning and it is a disaster. I am not going to spend my entire summer arguing with him, nagging him, and planning his every moment so that he’s not bored. He does pretty well with his chore list and allowance, so I have decided that we are going to have a behavior contract for the summer. I likely will continue it into the school year but with different expectations. We’ve done chore lists and stuff like that before, but never a behavior contract. I think I am going to use the Summer Behavior Contract pictured below. It might sound like overkill. Or it might sound like I’m trying to create an IEP for a kid who doesn’t need one. But as I read up on these and searched around for ideas, I found this phrase: A formal behavi