06-30-2008, 01:12 PM
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Originally posted by Hotzcatz...
I hired a "demolition crew" for a week and paid them one skateboard plus lunches for a weeks' worth of work. Of course, their parents weren't charged babysitting fees either or the skateboards would have just about been paid for by their parents at the end of the week. Picked the three kids up, let them destroy things, fed them, took them back to their parents when the parents got off work and even taught the kids how to lay ceramic tiles by the end of the week. Teenagers make great demolition crews should you need one. This arrangement worked well, the parents didn't have to pay for day care, the kids had a great time AND got their skateboards and the project got finished on time. These kids didn't need the money to live on, what they actually needed was adult supervision during the day for that week. Their parents couldn't afford summer camp or skateboards at least this way the kids got the skateboards...
This is exactly what I imagine restoring community values is about!