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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 11 year old son desperately wants a video game system that is out of our budget. We told him we would pay half for his upcoming 12th birthday. He has been saving his allowance, but he is still a long way off. He came up with the idea of doing a lemonade stand or a bake sale to earn some extra money, is that tacky? I thought about suggesting he try to do some yard work for neighbors, but quite frankly he is pretty small and not athletic, and just about everyone in our neighborhood uses private gardeners. He isn’t very comfortable being responsible for little kids so I don’t think a mothers helper would be a good idea either.  He does love to cook and bake though.  I have seen lemonade stands in our area, but I sort of always assumed it was raising money for charity. If you were the type to buy lemonade or cookies from a kid on a street corner, do you care if it’s for charity or his own video games?? Open to other ideas for him to make money that don’t involve us paying him for chores around the house - if we could afford that, we would just lend him the money outright! [/quote]

I think unless you live in Florida or warm place people do not want to drink lemonade in January.  Personally I don't ask why the kid is selling and it wouldn't bother me if it was for a video game.  I don't know why people would be judge.   Can he sell some of his older toys?  Maybe tell your neighbors and he can have a mini yard sale?  Then you can have baked goods for sale too[/quote]

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