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Understanding achievements

Achievements are milestone awards that celebrate consistency, growth, and extra effort.

Achievements tab in Parent Dashboard

Parents can:

  • create custom achievement templates
  • enable or disable templates
  • choose manual or auto-award behavior
  • assign star awards for each achievement

Children can:

  • view unlocked achievements
  • view locked achievements and what to work toward next

Achievement setup options

Create achievement dialog showing achievement template fields in Parent Dashboard

Achievement Name

What it means:

  • the title shown in parent and child views
  • required
  • up to 50 characters

Examples:

  • “Streak Starter”
  • “Kitchen Helper”
  • “Monthly Master”

Award Type

What it means:

  • defines who awards the achievement
  • options:
    • Manual Award: parent awards directly
    • Auto Award: system awards when trigger is met

When to use:

  • manual for subjective achievements (attitude, teamwork)
  • auto for objective metrics (counts, streaks, totals)

Examples:

  • Manual: “Great sibling support this week”
  • Auto: “Complete 25 chores”
  • Auto: “7-day streak”

Description

What it means:

  • explains how to earn the achievement
  • up to 200 characters

Examples:

  • “Complete all daily tasks on time this week”
  • “Finish 20 chores this month”
  • “Help across multiple chore categories”

Icon

What it means:

  • emoji shown on achievement cards

Examples:

  • 🔥 for streaks
  • 🏆 for major milestones
  • 🌟 for star-based goals

Enabled

What it means:

  • controls whether the template can currently be earned
  • disabled templates stay in catalog but do not award

Examples:

  • disable summer-specific achievements in school term
  • pause experimental achievements while rebalancing goals
  • re-enable later without recreating from scratch

Star Award

What it means:

  • stars granted when achievement is earned
  • range: 1 to 50

Examples:

  • 10 stars for a first milestone
  • 20 stars for weekly consistency
  • 35 to 50 stars for rare monthly or seasonal goals

Auto-award trigger types

Use these when Award Type is set to Auto.

Auto-award review dialog showing trigger and milestone settings in Parent Dashboard

Streak Days

Meaning:

  • earn after maintaining a chore streak for a target number of days

Good use cases:

  • building daily routine habits

Example setups:

  • 5-day streak = 10 stars
  • 7-day streak = 15 stars
  • 14-day streak = 30 stars

Total Chores

Meaning:

  • earn after completing a target number of chores overall

Good use cases:

  • long-term consistency tracking

Example setups:

  • 25 chores = 15 stars
  • 50 chores = 25 stars
  • 100 chores = 40 stars

Total Stars

Meaning:

  • earn when cumulative earned stars reach a target

Good use cases:

  • broad progress milestones regardless of task type

Example setups:

  • 100 stars = 20 stars bonus
  • 250 stars = 35 stars bonus
  • 500 stars = 50 stars bonus

Perfect Week

Meaning:

  • complete all due chores on time for all 7 days in a week

Good use cases:

  • punctuality and complete follow-through

Example setups:

  • one weekly “Perfect Week” badge worth 20 stars
  • temporary school-term challenge worth 25 stars

Monthly Master

Meaning:

  • complete a target number of chores in one month

Good use cases:

  • month-long consistency campaigns

Example setups:

  • 20 chores in month = 25 stars
  • 30 chores in month = 35 stars
  • 40 chores in month = 45 stars

Early Bird

Meaning:

  • complete a target number of chores on time or early

Good use cases:

  • reducing last-minute or late submissions

Example setups:

  • 5 on-time chores = 15 stars
  • 10 on-time chores = 25 stars

Jack of All

Meaning:

  • complete chores across a target number of categories

Good use cases:

  • encouraging variety, not just repeating one easy chore

Example setups:

  • 4 categories = 15 stars
  • 6 categories = 30 stars

Up for Grabs

Meaning:

  • complete a target number of claimed “Up for Grabs” chores

Good use cases:

  • encouraging initiative on shared household tasks

Example setups:

  • 5 claimed chores = 15 stars
  • 10 claimed chores = 30 stars

Manual awarding flow

For manual achievements:

  1. Open the achievement template.
  2. Select Award Manually.
  3. Choose a hero.
  4. Confirm the award.

Manual achievement award dialog showing hero selection in Parent Dashboard

Use manual awards for moments metrics cannot measure well.

Examples:

  • helping a sibling without being asked
  • handling a surprise task calmly
  • showing extra care on a difficult day

Suggested starter achievement set

Start with a simple blend:

  1. one streak achievement
  2. one total chores achievement
  3. one manual “parent recognition” achievement
  4. one up-for-grabs initiative achievement

This gives children both predictable goals and room for positive surprise recognition.