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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't agree with unnecessary tough love of making kids do menial chores, take retail jobs and carry student loans unless your resources require it.

If you can make life easier and take away some hurdles, its not going to make them deadbeat criminals, nor would chores, retail and loan would make them super successful.

My parents did it for me and I did it for my kids. I hope they'll do it for their children because it works.[/quote]

My 13 yo is currently out on our zero turn mowing horse fields.  His work ethic is phenomenal.  He also has a high end gaming system, that he paid for and built himself with money earned doing things like mowing and power washing.

He is extremely intelligent, but working on our farm has taught him how to also be practical, efficient, and a problem solver.

My parents did that for me, and I am doing this for him because it works. [/quote]

I'm all for kids doing chores and having jobs, but that's not a safe thing for a child that age.  The AAP suggests kids wait till their 16, and 13 isn't even close.

Child labor laws exist to protect children from people like you.  [/quote]

I'm probably left of the leftyist person here when it comes to economic policy, social justice, etc. But no... mowing on the family farm? That is fine. Shoveling horseshit too. This is the life. My dairy farming cousins were helping with milking and shovelng cow manure when they were 10.

And a city kid? I mowed my and my neighbors lawns at age 12.

Studies and homework were the priority and I didn't have the privilege to the work and make the money from the neighbors (older folks who needed the help) or my allowance if I wasn't on track.

It was a character building privilege, balanced against school and play.[/quote]

With a ride on mower?

Cow manure isn't a safety hazard.  [/quote]

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