Teach your Kids to Work

Teach your Kids to Work

July 4, 2016

Kids have to be Taught

I have posted it many times. Kids need to learn how to work. On top of that, they need to know that money comes from work, NOT from some government program.

Well, to put my money where my mouth is, we have started to teach our grandkids this important lesson. We started with the containers that they will be putting their money in. We bought a couple of clear containers and a few stickers (what kid doesn’t like stickers?). We put their names on them and they did the rest. They had so much fun. We chose CLEAR containers so that they can SEE their money grow as they earned more. Once they were done decorating, the work begun!

Getting their hands Dirty

Their job was to help me plant grandma’s Gladiolus bulbs. I did the hardest part of raking back the bark, turning up the dirt, and putting the edging in. Once that was done, I explained and showed them what I wanted them to do. We planted about a dozen (plus or minus) bulbs and put the bark back, making grandma happy. My grandson even made the comment, “That was good hard work!”

When the work was complete, we put the tools away, had lunch and then we explained what their containers were for and then we paid them for their work. We then talked about what they wanted to get with their money once they earned enough. Kortnee wanted Anna and Elsa dolls from Disney’s Frozen movie and Cooper wanted a Batman doll. We explained that all that was fine as long as they earned enough money to get them. They were excited for the chance to earn more money and save for what they wanted.