Re: OT: Sports vs. Job?

Posted by JD Seller on November 29, 2012 at 07:35:05 from (208.126.196.144):

In Reply to: OT: Sports vs. Job? posted by jhilyer on November 29, 2012 at 06:31:50:

It all depends on the kids. Two of mine played sports and worked the weekends. The other three did not play sports and they worked during the week after school. Either works.

I would think about how your kids are. If they are going to be setting on their butts playing video games if not playing sports then keep the sports in play. IF they are into football then I would think twice about that. I know too many kids that get injuries that effect them for the rest of their lives playing a "GAME". So my kids had to settle for basketball,track, or baseball/soft ball.

I never played any sports. I started working at the feed mill when I turned thirteen. I worked from 3:30 PM until 9:30 PM.,Mon. thru Fri. Went home and did my school work. Then on Saturdays I helped my Grand Dads at the Black Smith shop. I also did livestock chores at home every morning 365 days a year. I did not work on Sunday other than the morning chores. My future wife and I would go see a Sunday after noon movie. That was my life until I graduated and went into the service.

It helped me become who I am today. I learned at an early age that work brought rewards. I also learned you helped the family out in hard times and DID not keep score. The first three years I worked I gave my Mother half of what I made. That allowed her to go to the store with her head held up and be able to pay for the stuff she needed. Not having to "charge it" and hope to be able to pay for it when the crop was harvested. I was with her when the store owner gave her a hard time over the bill we had there. I started working the very next day. I gave her all of my first few checks and told her to pay the A$$ hole off and to never go back there.

My Dad was working his butt of trying to save all he had. He and my Grand Dad had helped my two Uncles get started farming in the mid 1950s. The Uncles went broke very fast but left the debt that Dad and Grand Dad co-signed for. Dad drove to Waterloo everyday (60 miles each way) to his job as an engineer. Then came home and worked the farm after that. It took every dime to just make the bank payments and not loose the house and farm. By working together as a family we made it. Mom did not have to go through losing another home/farm like her parents did during the Depression.

My working also allowed me and my wife to get married. I had the money to support us. We both where the oldest kids so actually us getting married help the families out by reducing the strain on both families a little.

So I say make/let the kids have a job of some sort. Don't just hand them money. It will be the best lesson you teach them for later in life. They will learn how to manage money much better if it is money they earned themselves. It makes it easier to think about how things work. That bottle of Pop may not look as good if it is your money giving the $1.50 for it.

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