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The Parents YAP About Kids and Cash: How Do Your Kids Make Money?
Lawn mowing, snow shoveling and paper routes are real sources of kid income. But those jobs are few and far-between, and require children to have a certain level of maturity. How else can a kid make a living?
Is money something you discuss with your children? Do you pay them to do things around the house? How do your kids learn the value of hard work and earning a buck or two? This week, the Parents YAP about kids and cash. Tasha Schlake Festel This weekend was our big post-winter yard cleanup. Yeah, we're a little late, but with lacrosse schedules and busy lives, well, let's just say it's better late than never. Cleanup for us involves bagging of leaves left over from Fall, collecting of trash that seems to flourish under the in snow my yard over the winter months, and scooping of poop. Yup, it's all kinds of glamour. Halfway through their half-assed job, one of my kids suggested that payment might be in order for a job well done. The …
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Tasha Schlake Festel
5:39 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2013
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