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by Ruark
Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:41 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Allowance
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Re: Allowance

One of my best friends was a couple with 3 teenage kids, 2 boys and a girl. I think they were about 14,16 and 17, respectively.

They had a lot of fun together as a family - I used to take them fishing on my boat, and we played tennis and did the backyard hamburger thing, all that. They really weren't strict or overbearing, but they DID have some structure, and that structure was solid as concrete. For example, NO video games or TV until homework was done. Period. Never. Ever. They had a daily schedule taped to the refrigerator door for doing various household chores such as helping with the dishes, mopping, laundry, mowing, dog walking, vacuuming, cleaning the car, etc. and were checked off when they did it. They got $X on Friday for each checkmark. No checks, no moola. Period. Never. Ever. If they got a check all 7 days, they got a "bonus" amount, but only if they got 7 checks.

What happened to these kids? The two boys were in gifted and talented programs and went on to study engineering and law. The girl became a Plan II Honors student at UT, with a double major in Applied Mathematics and Neurobiology, and got a full scholarship to a prestigious medical school. She's now a neurosurgery resident.

So there ya' go.... :cheers2:

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