Tag Archive 'Capitalism'

Other people’s money

Bookworm on Aug 07 2008 | Filed under: Capitalism

As you may recall, I said at the beginning of the summer that I was going to introduce capitalism into the house by giving my children big chores with meaningful rewards.  This plan worked fairly well.  It wasn’t quite the juggernaut I’d hoped for, with the kids taking care of all the backlog in the [...]

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Switching from a communist to a capitalist economy

Bookworm on Jun 16 2008 | Filed under: Children, Communism, Parenting

I never thought about it, but I was running my house like a commune.  The kids had chores to do, of course, but the incentive was the greater good, my approbation, and an allowance that, in their minds, had no relationship to the tasks demanded.  The kids did not find these incentives inspiring, and the [...]

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