Kids and cleaning advice

[OLS]

WOW, I totally disagree, allowance is the preamble to the cruel and inhuman system of work they will
eventually become a part of. A gift is a gift tied to nothing. NOW, if you want the advice that
really works, don't ask a parent, ask the childless. I have the external OVERVIEW you are looking
for, untainted by actually living with kids. I'll tell you what works with the kid that lives downstairs from me.
I rent from his grandmother, with whom he lives. His 'job' where it relates to me, is to fill up dog bowls
with water when he passes one that is low and to pick up dog crap that is in danger of being stepped on.
He will do neither, I think because of the old 'you're not the boss of me" routine. So yesterday he says,
"you want to pitch me some baseballs?" I told him, "MAN, what a beautiful day for it, but Tuesday and
Thursday I got home from work and there was not even a molecule of water in the bowl, so I am guessing that
you don't want to have jobs like that. But like I said, you can do it or not, it's up to you, but if you don't,
you should not be looking to me to play baseball or HORSE with. That's just the way it has to be."

Yesterday he says "I found a cigar butt on the ground. You need to pick that up because of my..."
and I cut him off from likely saying "breathing problems" or some other such pollen related BS.
So I told him, "Ahh, yes, I noticed that, too, and I also saw that your dogs are leaving them all over the
yard, look there's one here, two over there, a pile of them next to my car......" I said the only thing
keeping this yard remotely liveable is me, so don't make the mistake of telling me about my one cigar butt
I left next to my grill so it could go out before I tossed it in the trash. If you want to get on the subject of
people who leave crap everywhere that trips me or rots where you left it 5 months ago, I can play that game
with you...........He's 11.

[BloodSpite]

Originally Posted by OLS

WOW, I totally disagree, allowance is the preamble to the cruel and inhuman system of work they will
eventually become a part of. A gift is a gift tied to nothing. NOW, if you want the advice that
really works, don't ask a parent, ask the childless. I have the external OVERVIEW you are looking
for, untainted by actually living with kids. I'll tell you what works with the kid that lives downstairs from me.
I rent from his grandmother, with whom he lives. His 'job' where it relates to me, is to fill up dog bowls
with water when he passes one that is low and to pick up dog crap that is in danger of being stepped on.
He will do neither, I think because of the old 'you're not the boss of me" routine. So yesterday he says,
"you want to pitch me some baseballs?" I told him, "MAN, what a beautiful day for it, but Tuesday and
Thursday I got home from work and there was not even a molecule of water in the bowl, so I am guessing that
you don't want to have jobs like that. But like I said, you can do it or not, it's up to you, but if you don't,
you should not be looking to me to play baseball or HORSE with. That's just the way it has to be."

Yesterday he says "I found a cigar butt on the ground. You need to pick that up because of my..."
and I cut him off from likely saying "breathing problems" or some other such pollen related BS.
So I told him, "Ahh, yes, I noticed that, too, and I also saw that your dogs are leaving them all over the
yard, look there's one here, two over there, a pile of them next to my car......" I said the only thing
keeping this yard remotely liveable is me, so don't make the mistake of telling me about my one cigar butt
I left next to my grill so it could go out before I tossed it in the trash. If you want to get on the subject of
people who leave crap everywhere that trips me or rots where you left it 5 months ago, I can play that game
with you...........He's 11.