Reply #25: sure we can, it's called education [View All]

[amazona]

In my day, all kids were required to attend school. And, yes, they were required to WORK. Not just throw spitballs and dip girl's pigtails in the inkwell. And we weren't paid to do this work. In fact, gasp, sometimes we had to buy our own supplies and materials. Oh the horror.

You know...seriously...


Kerry is not my first pick but his idea of giving kids a chance to earn some high credits and maybe some money, while performing a service in the community, sounds like a good one.

By the way, my PARENTS had fully expected me to work without pay, not only around the house, but also to put in my time in the community in the church choir and even, gasp, visiting old folks' homes and putting a little cheer in their day. You wouldn't be calling my parents or my minister child slavers would you?

Don't ruin your child's life by denying her the chance to be a part of a community and learning how to give and take without it always being about the dollar bill.


everything shouldn't be about money, we poison children when they teach them they should do nothing except watch tv without being paid