General Mom Declares WAR!

I HAVE HAD IT!!! I know that Discipline is NEVER easy... and heaven knows Teaching 5 children 7 and under to be responsible, is a nearly impossible job! Especially since until the oldest was already in school, I didn't feel the need to even start. I have tried method after method to get things to sink in and stick when it comes to chores, and respectful behaviors but nothing seems to work, the kids never seem to want to bother. A lot of this I know comes from example, I rarely managed to keep my room clean, or the laundry caught up, and even more seldom do the kid's actually SEE me do anything consistently. I often lashed out in angry out bursts which would result in tears from both Mom and Child. Part of this I have recently found out is due to Attention Deficit Disorder, in conjunction with depression, and social anxiety disorder. None of these are excuses, each one is treatable, and while very difficult to do each one can be over come with a certain amount of persistence, which I did not have. Now however I am being treated, and am feeling better than ever. I have more patience than I thought was possible for me to ever achieve. I am finding it much easier to focus on simple tasks like folding laundry or carrying on a conversation with out changing the subject 20 times before returning to the original topic only to find out that "I had already said that." That being said, I think I have finally found a method that works with them. We (the kid's and I) have developed a kind of point system. We sat down one night and assigned a points value to different household duties that they are asked to help with (ie: keeping their bedrooms/bathroom picked up, running the vacuum or clearing the table)and certain good behaviors (ie: checking for unused lights that are on and turning them out and behaving in mass), as well as a value to different privileges they frequently ask to have(ie: playing a video game, going down to their friend's to play,or having control of the remote). The concept is simple. In order earn these privileges, they have to 1) Have all homework and "regular" chores completed (ie: room picked up, making their beds and putting their back packs and shoes in the proper place) 2.) They have to have a sufficient number of points to cover that privilege.For two weeks starting out this method worked. We had clean bedrooms, and helpful children, however recently the children have decided to push... They are not wanting to earn points, or be helpful. I have had it to my eye balls with being ignored and looking at messy rooms, but with my history they just don't take me seriously any more. So now it is time to crack the whip. It isn't easy to see them upset or mad at me, and I know they probably aren't sure why all of a sudden mom has just had enough, but I know I have to crack down, or they are going to continue to walk all over me. It isn't going to be easy but I am certain it will just going to take a few solid moments of follow through to get them to realize that I am not going to bend any longer. Wish Me Luck Ya'll I am Launching a full out WAR on Bad Behavior...