Sep. 1, 2006
Allowances and Wanting to Have a Home Based Business
Posted in Everyday Life
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I was reading an entry on Infertilitymom's blog about homebased businesses and it reminded me that I've been meaning to ask for others' input on this subject. We used to pay our children an allowance for doing various household chores, but we found that they complained about doing the chores, but were always looking for payment on Fridays, no matter what. After Rick and I discussed it, we decided to go back to no allowances, but giving them the opportunity to earn money by doing jobs that are above and beyond the normal household chores. We want them to understand that being paid for doing a job is a privilege, not a right, since neither he nor I get paid for the things we do around the home. It's just part of being a family. All this to say that I still want to give our children the opportunity to earn money for the things that they would like buy that doesn't require me to continually figure out additional chores or deplete my wallet. I've been trying to think of home-based businesses that the older ones and I could do together to make some extra money and to help them understand the work ethic. I've seen various ideas (like baking bread), but some of them I just wouldn't know how to market. It's okay to bake bread, but if you don't have any consumers, it's pointless. Usually, I have good ideas for different industries, but they start to fall apart when it comes to the actual selling of the product. I have a hard time believing anyone would want to buy it (even if it's really cute, or very tasty, etc.) I, obviously, need to get over this nasty way of thinking if we want to actually market our product. So, if any of you have a great home-based (kid-friendly) business that you are involved in or a wonderful idea, please let me know. I'd love some input. I would also love to hear how you marketed your product. |
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