how do you think your kids would cope?

cathy_3

there might be SOME hope!!  knock on the door earlier and there stood twin boys about 12, wanting to wash the cars  both cars for a fiver.
waxed it would be a tenner, they had their own buckets, chamois, cloths and  wax

the cars are in dire need of a good seeing too, so with stern warnings if it wasnt done properly they wouldnt get paid for the job, they set too.  I brought them out a drink and some bickys and they told me that they want to go to florida with the school so their dad said they could get out and earn half their fare.

they said they could have gone last year and their dad told them the same thing but they didnt go out to earn any as they thought hed "cave"  He didnt, they learned their lesson and   so far they have made over £200 each!! they did such a good job that we gave them a tenner each. they said theyd come back every two weeks to wash the cars. ;D ;D ;D

16011996

isn't that good to hear. that made me smile.

jaybee

Wishfairy - your 9-year-old will the Martin of the future

16011996

Wishfairy - your 9-year-old will the Martin of the future

lol, lets hope so.

basill

Reminds me of a farm B+B we stayed in in cornwall.

The two older boys 7+9 were offering to wash guests cars, an excellent and very sustainable plan as each trip up the lane covered your car in cow poo!

the youngest girl who was about 5 not to be beaten had just started a line in shoe cleaning, unfortunately she had only just started and only had brown polish, funds had not reached a level where black could be bought.

Naturally having had a car wash we had to have shoes done for reasons of fairness.

Nice kids!


Basill

Austin_Allegro_2

That farmer story made me laugh!

Although I think there's a lesson there.

When I 'were a lad', I was given pocket money from the age of 5, and it was made clear that that no other money would be given except at Christmas or birthdays. When I got older, I was allowed to borrow money from my parents, but they would take part of the pocket money back each week to pay off the loan. I could also make money from time to time by cleaning the car or weeding the patio.

I was also encouraged to go to jumble sales etc to buy toys and books.

However, there were boys at school who didn't get regular pocket money, but who just asked their parents for money if they wanted something, they'd never heard of jumble sales etc,  and these seemed to be the real spendthrifts.

I think upbringing has a lot to do with how frugal you are!

Pink.

My ten year old son originally got 4 (pink-winged) stick insects, cost about £2.00 each.

They have been laying eggs for months now. He was supposed to keep a few eggs and discard the rest, otherwise we would be over-run with them.

I have recently discovered he'd kept loads of eggs, they have hatched, and the little del boy has been selling them to kids in school for £1 each!

Pink

Austin_Allegro_2

Haha! Reminds me of my own schooldays. I ran a little business for a while buying stuff from pound shops (before they became widespread) and selling it on for a profit.

My school was a long way from any shops, so some enterprising boys used to sell sweets, pop etc at massive profits from holdalls during breaktimes.

I don't think the teachers appreciated this display of Thatcherite business iniative, as the practice was soon banned!

Lillibet_2

At 12 years old I discovered that my parents had a huge collection of...ahem......rather risque poems & stories (They must have been hanging around with a rough crowd from the PTA or something ).
Under the guise of doing homework on the computer I re-typed the poems & stories, printed mutiple copies & sold them on for 25p - 50p each to my school fellows. Despite several copies eventually landing in the hands of the teachers I was never caught & made my summer holiday spending money in a term

malcolmord

Reward for good behaviour else dont gie anything!!