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Re:How Do You Teach Kids the Value of Money? (2006) by mcherm on Thursday January 16, 2014 @10:30AM (#7069871)
> Put them to work early

How early? The child in the article is six years old.

Re:How Do You Teach Kids the Value of Money? (2006) by yogo on Thursday January 16, 2014 @10:59AM (#7070069)
I was speaking more to the 10/11 year old, but I don't think 6 is too young to get a little lemonade stand going. It reminds me of a kid (about 8 years old) that was selling lemonade on a really dead street shouting "get your lemonade." The first thing that came to mind is that this kid will appreciate how hard it is to make a sale before he's a teenager.

My guess is that most kids would rather play than sell lemonade, so he was probably pushed by his parents to do this.

Re:How Do You Teach Kids the Value of Money? (2006) by draker on Thursday January 16, 2014 @12:42PM (#7070989)
> so he was probably pushed by his parents to do this.

Or maybe he was just entrepreneurially minded.

When I was 6-10 I sold lemonade probably once every week or two during the summer. I liked to make money, and it was fun especially with friends; my parents never pushed me to do it.

Age 9/10, in the winter before it snowed I used my saved money to buy a new snow shovel and for card stock which I used to make business cards. I walked around and gave them to neighbors, when it snowed I would usually get a couple calls and then would pick up a few more walking around.

Re:How Do You Teach Kids the Value of Money? (2006) by mcherm on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @01:57PM (#7097396)