Quote Originally Posted by RICHARD
A short story.

Dad was a man of short sentences and big lessons.

When we were kids he took us to a farm to pick some tomatoes to can, and earn a few bucks. -that's the key to being Mexican and Catholic-lot's of kids to put to work!!

1) I swore that I would never give up knowledge to end up as a farm worker.

2) THAT IS A TOUGH JOB- Mud, insects and DDT (in those days..)

3) You picked a box, turned it over to the guy on the wagon and he gave you a ticket....Lot's of tickets? Lot's of money! (25 cents for a 25 lb box or some ridiculous amount like that) This was the late 60's, BTW.

So take your kids out to do some menial job like that...make them appreciate what they have and what they don't have to do to live.
When I was a kid, in the 50s, if we wanted spending money, we collected pop bottles and turned them in. They were worth a grand sum of 2 cents each. Lucky for us, there were lots of them because pop was not put in cans yet.

Now people in this area collect the cans and turn them in to help pay their utility bills.