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I post this under "slowlane" with a tear under my eye....lol.
I offered my 16 yo son a bunch of crap that I picked up here and there that would EASILY make him 300-400 bucks on ebay with just a few hours work. He tells me he doesnt want it and he doesnt want to work at home listing stuff on Ebay. He wants to work "out there" and make minimum wages. I tried every single angle I could think of to show him the err in his thinking, even telling him that I will hire him for 10 bucks an hour, walk him through everything from beginning to end.....pay him his little $60 and I will keep the profits for myself after he does all the "work". He said "I dont want to work at home, I want to be able to socialize". I told him that It would take him roughly 35 hours of working "out there" to earn the same amount of money. He can work a few hours at home, make $300 bucks, and have all that extra time to socialize. He just kinda has a "stupid" blank look.....the same "stupid" blank look that I have on my face because of how stupid my kid seems to me right now.....ugh !
Sorry, this is half slowlane, half rant. Not sure what else I can say to my kid to get think with at least some kind of logic here. BTW, I never belittle him, even though it sounds that way in my rant. I dont call him stupid, but I sure as hell think it some times. I am literally fearful of what will happen when this kid gets "out there", because it sure seems as though he has zero logic, even though he is very smart and talented.
I offered my 16 yo son a bunch of crap that I picked up here and there that would EASILY make him 300-400 bucks on ebay with just a few hours work. He tells me he doesnt want it and he doesnt want to work at home listing stuff on Ebay. He wants to work "out there" and make minimum wages. I tried every single angle I could think of to show him the err in his thinking, even telling him that I will hire him for 10 bucks an hour, walk him through everything from beginning to end.....pay him his little $60 and I will keep the profits for myself after he does all the "work". He said "I dont want to work at home, I want to be able to socialize". I told him that It would take him roughly 35 hours of working "out there" to earn the same amount of money. He can work a few hours at home, make $300 bucks, and have all that extra time to socialize. He just kinda has a "stupid" blank look.....the same "stupid" blank look that I have on my face because of how stupid my kid seems to me right now.....ugh !
Sorry, this is half slowlane, half rant. Not sure what else I can say to my kid to get think with at least some kind of logic here. BTW, I never belittle him, even though it sounds that way in my rant. I dont call him stupid, but I sure as hell think it some times. I am literally fearful of what will happen when this kid gets "out there", because it sure seems as though he has zero logic, even though he is very smart and talented.
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