This has been a particularly brutal winter, and having been thru several of them in my youth, I realized that even then I saw them as a financial opportunity.
It was easy to make $100 in a couple days as teen with a snow shovel, just the same as in summer with a mower in summer.
It would come a snowstorm and off I would go shovel in hand prospecting in my neighborhood.
My kids, although presented with the same opportunity, simply don't care to make their own money.
I guess the ex, never having to make her own money as a growing kid, does not seem to believe that instilling a good work ethic into our kids is important, and Lord knows my input is never welcomed.
The kids never think twice about asking for material things, and become genuinely upset when denied.
Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but I believe that when you earn things you want you tend to appreciate them more, take care of them better, and make wiser decisions on how to spend your money.
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