Quote Originally Posted by ggiese
My 15 yr. old son complains about needed money. I give my kid my old lawnmower, which (after being fixed up by me so he could use it) worked perfectly well. He looks at me like I'm crazy and says, "never mind..." He could have easily charged $20-30 per lawn in my neighborhood and cut 5 - 6 lawns within a few blocks of my house each week. $100-180 per week for about 10-12 hours does not equate to $3.50/hr. While he couldn't necessarily live on that wage, he certainly could have used the money. But he'd rather sit watching TV... And he's not the only one I see like that...

When I first moved into my neighborhood about 20 yrs ago or so I used to have kids (multiple) at my door weekly asking if I wanted them to cut my lawn. It's now been at least 10 years since I've had one stop by... And I've NEVER had anyone stop by asking to shovel my driveway after a snow storm - I'd GLADLY pay them $30.00 to do that, for an hours worth of work...

Nope - in my experience (limited as it is), todays youth expects to make the big bucks without the necessary sweat...

Geez... My kid is 10 and he already works for his cash. I don't mean making up his bed and stuff either. Yard work and stuff at our house and my parents house. Him and his buddy are already trying to figure out a job they can do to start saving up for Space Camp in 3 years. And I had teenagers in a bid war to cut my yard before I got my riding mower a couple years ago. I'm not use to kids not understanding work.