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Post #229,681 by ben_tilly 10/15/05 10:23:29 PM Reply	Bet? While they waited, they would get no allowance. No candies. No treats. Nothing. Then whoever broke first would have a ton of allowance and everyone else would have nothing. And no prospect of anything. After this happens a couple of times, they learn that it is worthwhile to do chores. Unless they are truly uneducable. After that the finer cost/benefit analysis of deciding when it is worthwhile sets in. Which is a game of figuring out what it is worth to you, and when someone else is likely to beat you to the punch. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #229,682 by boxley 10/15/05 10:31:54 PM Reply	allowances, whats that? Just steal it is one childs philosophy, here or elsewhere, another doesnt give a rats ass, just plays guitar all day third has found that demanding a needed item about 300 times a day, writes notes about his demands and posts them everywhere (not large demands) and wears my wife down, I just snarl at him to get a job. The little one learns well "they dont do it I wont! either" track is the latest. I dont buy candy or treats. My wife doesnt have the sheer will I have to totally ignore their screaming whining bitching. You do realize that your example was based in a "everything is mine" culture as my wife is from the "we have something, share it out to everyone" philosophy. The everything is mine comment is simply an assumption on my part that the family parents worked so between them "owned" the household and the kids had no say. thamx. bill "the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 49 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #229,701 by ben_tilly 10/16/05 1:39:45 AM Reply	Cultural mismatch What I described is a way of teaching kids to be entrepeneurial. Mixing that with "share everything" doesn't exactly work. However if your wife and you both shared the attitude that my aunt and uncle have, I'll bet your juvenile delinquents would have turned out to be different people. I'm not saying that they wouldn't have turned out to be juvenile delinquents - I don't know about my cousins, but my brother who lived with that family for a while still wound up in a car theft ring. But they would be different. (Note: that brother also wound up running several successful businesses later in life. Coincidence?) Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #229,721 by boxley 10/16/05 12:02:28 PM Reply	just one delinquent thanx Im not surprised by your brother, many criminals I have known with the exception of the stickup types spent a lot of time and energy to make a dishonest dollar. One person I have in mind would be a millionaire many times over if he put the same energy into running a legit business. thanx, bill "the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 49 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]

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