{"id":"wri-par-explain-allowance-to-kid","audience":"parents","category":"explaining","technique":"audience","title":"Explain a new allowance system so an 8-year-old gets it","free":false,"task":"You're explaining the family's new allowance system to your 8-year-old. Write exactly 4 numbered lines, each under 12 words, using words an 8-year-old knows, with no money words like 'interest', 'percent', 'match' or 'deposit'. Use the amounts you and your partner settled on, and show the saving bonus with one concrete example. Write a prompt that gets that.","materialLabel":"Your notes from the family meeting (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ALLOWANCE PLAN - notes from Sunday (me and Chris)\n\nFor Zoe (age 8):\n- Weekly allowance: we said $5 at first. Chris pointed out her cousin gets $6 and she does more chores, so we agreed on $6 a week. Final: $6.\n- Paid every Saturday morning.\n- Three jars: Spend, Save, Give. She picks how to split it, but at least $1 goes in Give.\n- Saving bonus: for every $2 she leaves in the Save jar until the end of the month, we add $1. (Chris calls it a \"match\", Zoe won't know that word.)\n- Allowance isn't tied to chores like making her bed (those are just family jobs). Extra jobs like washing the car can earn more, $2 each.\n- If she loses a jar, no replacement money.\n\nThings we argued about (not part of the plan yet):\n- Whether she can spend Save money on a toy if she saves for 3 months. Undecided.\n- A phone someday. Not now.\n\nZoe's questions so far: \"Can I buy slime?\" (yes, from the Spend jar) and \"What if I give ALL of it?\" (that's fine).","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":55}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not setting the shape","why":"The AI writes a long, friendly letter that loses an 8-year-old in paragraph two.","fix":"Set it: \"Exactly 4 numbered lines, each under 12 words.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 55 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Using the first amount","why":"Your notes mention $5 before the final $6. The AI may grab the first number.","fix":"Say it: \"She gets $6 every Saturday.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Explaining it abstractly","why":"The AI says \"we'll match 50% of your savings\", which means nothing to a kid.","fix":"Add: \"Show the bonus with an example: save $4, get $2 more.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Grown-up words and maybes","why":"AI slips in 'interest' or 'match' and mentions things you haven't decided.","fix":"Add: \"No interest, percent, match or deposit. Skip the undecided stuff.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says who it's for","patterns":["8.year.old","kid","child","zoe"]},{"label":"Sets the number of lines","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,15}(lines|items|numbered)","numbered"]},{"label":"Uses the final amount","patterns":["\\$?6","final"]},{"label":"Asks for an example","patterns":["example","\\$4","concrete"]},{"label":"Bans grown-up words","patterns":["interest","match","percent","simple words"]}],"hint":"Kids understand examples, not rules. Tell the AI the age, the final numbers, the words to avoid, and to show the bonus with real dollars.","rubricLabels":["Says she gets $6 every Saturday (not $5)","Explains the saving bonus with a concrete example (such as leaving $4 in the Save jar until the end of the month gets $2 more) and mentions at least $1 goes in the Give jar","Uses none of these words: interest, percent, match, deposit, and leaves out the undecided items (spending saved money on a toy, a phone)"]}