My children are no strangers to hard work. They've ripped off roofs, laid carpet, sod, and linoleum floors not to mention have painted more walls than most do in a lifetime....all before they're even old enough to drive! So, when the leaves started falling, my kids grabbed their rakes and hit the neighborhood. In the past week their "raking business" has brought in over $300!! They have so much "work" they've needed to recruit the help of their cousins (girls in the picts below). Yesterday (Saturday) these little entrepauners raked for 8 hours! Of course they came back home for small breaks and food but otherwise, they did it the whole day.

As I see my children pulling their wagon filled with rakes and boxes of trash bags, I wonder why they're the only kids doing this? Our neighborhood is filled with able bodied boys and girls that could also be raking for money. Is this because children today are just lazy? Or, is it because money is handed to them "for free" (by their parents) so why work for it? If we could go back in time forty plus years, I'd bet this neighborhood would be filled with kids competing for raking jobs...but sadly that isn't the case. Hopefully, this isn't an indication of what our future adults will be like in regards to hard work.