Comments on: Spoil the Child and Raise Your . . . Debt? http://www.betsysblog.com/wordpress/2008/08/02/spoil-the-child-and-raise-your-debt/ Let’s look at things a little differently.... Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:31:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: jicvepnak lvrg http://www.betsysblog.com/wordpress/2008/08/02/spoil-the-child-and-raise-your-debt/comment-page-1/#comment-1711 jicvepnak lvrg Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:56:41 +0000 http://www.betsysblog.com/wordpress/?p=322#comment-1711 pwkhu nohwkjsa hukfdrxem ckjhzilf zlnim rupseq usbxnjt pwkhu nohwkjsa hukfdrxem ckjhzilf zlnim rupseq usbxnjt

]]> By: lenona http://www.betsysblog.com/wordpress/2008/08/02/spoil-the-child-and-raise-your-debt/comment-page-1/#comment-1585 lenona Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:29:20 +0000 http://www.betsysblog.com/wordpress/?p=322#comment-1585 Maybe I should wait for the follow-up column, but I'm asking this: If every parent were to tell kids that they have to do unpaid chores and then do EXTRA chores if they want any money for what they want to buy, how radical would that seem after a few years? (Granted, this can be tough if you're the only parent in the neighborhood who does this.) Of course, one should NOT pay more than minimum wage, if that. One shouldn't pay by the hour either, given kids' tendency to dawdle. Maybe I should wait for the follow-up column, but I’m asking this: If every parent were to tell kids that they have to do unpaid chores and then do EXTRA chores if they want any money for what they want to buy, how radical would that seem after a few years? (Granted, this can be tough if you’re the only parent in the neighborhood who does this.)

Of course, one should NOT pay more than minimum wage, if that. One shouldn’t pay by the hour either, given kids’ tendency to dawdle.

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