27 yards? That’s a lot. I used to cut yards with my brother for && to get beads and string, for crafting. My brother did it for basketball hoop, football, components to make radio, etc.
Started cleaning neighbors pools at ten, mowed lawns at 12 and by the time I was 13 I opened a "Youth Savings" account with $1,800 cash (back in 1980). Yes, I got allowance as long as I did my additional chores. "Keeping up the house and yard" was just part of being in the family. The max allowance I got was $1.50/week, but not in cash, on a balance sheet. If I messed up or got in trouble I would be fined and there would be red deductions from that balance sheet on top of being grounded. Dad taught me the meaning of money and consequences for my actions. I wouldn't have had it any other way.
That's why I hate child labor laws cause I am more than willing to work but I'm not allowed to cause of how old I am, I got a job now but I can only work certain hours
Nah no one forced you to get a job. You wanted luxuries and you did house work so that you could pay for them. Cutting a few yards as a kid is not the same as a job. Like seriously your dad helped you cut the lawn for a couple neighbors and you talk about it like they sent you into the coal mines to swing a pickaxe all day.
He cut 27 lawns. Even with help that's a tall order that a lot of landscapers now a days can't do without a riding/automatic mower of some form. And even if his dad did help him it still taught him the value of hard work. Something that alot of people do not understand @gman1515. And for a 12 year old? Yea that's a job.
@@angelacunaacuna 27 yards in what amount of time? In a single day, yeah that's a lot. In a week? That's not that bad. In an entire summer? Barely anything. No matter what, cutting lawns is just not hard work. It's literally a house chore. I cut my grass as a kid for nothing. I'm early gen Z/ late millennial and I helped my uncle with construction work for money at 14. This dude is talking about light work and talking like his generation has some kind of monopoly on hard work. He is out of touch
The only thing my dad did to help me cut the neighbors lawns was provide the mover. I had to pay for my own gas at 84 cents a gallon. I had to push that mower up and down the block and it was not a power-drive mower. I had to hitch my Radio Flyer wagon to the mower to hold the weed wacker and edger. Dad never helped me with the lawns and pools I serviced (pools since 10, mowing since 12). By the time I was 13 I had over a thousand dollars to open a youth savings account (13 was the minimum age to open an account). Why do you say his dad helped him cut the grass?
@@johnathansaegal3156 his dad helped him get the "customers". I didn't mean to imply that his dad did any of the mowing. If he needed that much help there would be no point in his dad not just giving him the money. It's just that mowing lawns ain't exactly back-breaking work. Dude isn't going out and landscaping for mansions or anything.
27 yards? That’s a lot. I used to cut yards with my brother for && to get beads and string, for crafting. My brother did it for basketball hoop, football, components to make radio, etc.
Started cleaning neighbors pools at ten, mowed lawns at 12 and by the time I was 13 I opened a "Youth Savings" account with $1,800 cash (back in 1980).
Yes, I got allowance as long as I did my additional chores. "Keeping up the house and yard" was just part of being in the family. The max allowance I got was $1.50/week, but not in cash, on a balance sheet. If I messed up or got in trouble I would be fined and there would be red deductions from that balance sheet on top of being grounded.
Dad taught me the meaning of money and consequences for my actions. I wouldn't have had it any other way.
That's why I hate child labor laws cause I am more than willing to work but I'm not allowed to cause of how old I am, I got a job now but I can only work certain hours
Nah no one forced you to get a job. You wanted luxuries and you did house work so that you could pay for them. Cutting a few yards as a kid is not the same as a job. Like seriously your dad helped you cut the lawn for a couple neighbors and you talk about it like they sent you into the coal mines to swing a pickaxe all day.
He cut 27 lawns. Even with help that's a tall order that a lot of landscapers now a days can't do without a riding/automatic mower of some form. And even if his dad did help him it still taught him the value of hard work. Something that alot of people do not understand @gman1515. And for a 12 year old? Yea that's a job.
@@angelacunaacuna 27 yards in what amount of time? In a single day, yeah that's a lot. In a week? That's not that bad. In an entire summer? Barely anything.
No matter what, cutting lawns is just not hard work. It's literally a house chore. I cut my grass as a kid for nothing. I'm early gen Z/ late millennial and I helped my uncle with construction work for money at 14. This dude is talking about light work and talking like his generation has some kind of monopoly on hard work. He is out of touch
The only thing my dad did to help me cut the neighbors lawns was provide the mover. I had to pay for my own gas at 84 cents a gallon. I had to push that mower up and down the block and it was not a power-drive mower. I had to hitch my Radio Flyer wagon to the mower to hold the weed wacker and edger.
Dad never helped me with the lawns and pools I serviced (pools since 10, mowing since 12). By the time I was 13 I had over a thousand dollars to open a youth savings account (13 was the minimum age to open an account).
Why do you say his dad helped him cut the grass?
@@johnathansaegal3156 his dad helped him get the "customers". I didn't mean to imply that his dad did any of the mowing. If he needed that much help there would be no point in his dad not just giving him the money. It's just that mowing lawns ain't exactly back-breaking work. Dude isn't going out and landscaping for mansions or anything.
👇if work is better than relaxing