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Why do people not have a work ethic anymore?? Because parents never instilled one in their kids. People who have one earned their own money from very early on. How many of you started working at 15-16, etc for $ ? I caddied at a nearby golf course, carrying doubles for $40 a round. I didn't even know how to play golf!
Told our daughter when she was 13 that if she wanted a drivers license at 16 she had to come up with the difference in our insurance before she could get one. That meant that she had 3 years to come up with a job to make that $. Had her layout the $450 in cash on the table so she could see how much it was.
After school, she kept her job in 2008 when many others were losing theirs. She is a hard worker and her company loves her for it. Her first child is due in 8 weeks and I hope she passes this lesson along.
I've always said that if you want to give your children something, give them a work ethic. If they have that you'll never need worry about them in life.
I started paying taxes at 13 yo.