He Works Hard for the Money

June 22, 2008

Last week, I bought Breckin a small Luigi figurine because he LOVES Luigi and LOVES to play MarioKart. When I bought it for him, we discussed that he needed to be very responsible with the Luigi, or as he calls him “the green guy.” He couldn’t leave Luigi in the floor because Bosley would eat him. We had this discussion more than once. Well, the day after he got Luigi, he twisted his head off. I superglued it back on and again discussed with him how important it was to take care of his toys. The next day, Breckin left Luigi in the floor and Bosley mutilated Luigi. I discovered this and showed Luigi to Breckin. Breckin was upset, but promptly just said, “Let’s go to the store and get a new one.” My response, “No, that isn’t how it works.” I really want our kids to understand that new toys just don’t appear. I explained to him that Daddy worked hard for the $4 that we used to buy Luigi, so if he wanted a new Luigi, he was going to have to work hard for it and earn his money. We made a chart and discussed chores he could do to earn the $4. The first was window washing. He worked very hard to earn his first $1. Here are a few pictures of his hard work and his chart. I taped a mutilated Luigi to his chart to remind him of what happens when you aren’t responsible with your toys. As of today, he has earned $2 (he helped me vacuum yesterday) with $2 more to go.

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