I do it and tell them to pay me what they think it's worth. I've gotten gift certs to money. Sometimes it works out well for me. Sometimes not so well.
By making a "law" it will give a rush for those who do it. I, at a very young age, had access to many "taboo" items. Alcohol, cigaretts, and all sorts of other things that a child of my age should not have had. By my mother not making a big deal out of any of it, the excitement wasn't there. Therefor I didn't "do" to excess as many of my friends of that time did.
Now, as a parrent. I am taking a similar approach to my children. By giving them honest information, letting them know what I did at that age, and by not coming flat out and saying "no you can't," they seem to make the right choices.
Through my stance my edlest, at age 10, has not, as I did by that age, had any desire to smoke, or drink. By 10 I was sippin' peppermint schnapps and had stolen cigarett butts to smoke with my friends under the train trestle. But, I have also told him that I did and told him that if he *ever* wants to try something to let me know and I would let him.
No rush, no excitement, no thrill of "getting away with it" so he has no desire to.
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I know what you are saying. I had 1571 music too :-/
I do it and tell them to pay me what they think it's worth. I've gotten gift certs to money. Sometimes it works out well for me. Sometimes not so well.
By making a "law" it will give a rush for those who do it. I, at a very young age, had access to many "taboo" items. Alcohol, cigaretts, and all sorts of other things that a child of my age should not have had. By my mother not making a big deal out of any of it, the excitement wasn't there. Therefor I didn't "do" to excess as many of my friends of that time did.
Now, as a parrent. I am taking a similar approach to my children. By giving them honest information, letting them know what I did at that age, and by not coming flat out and saying "no you can't," they seem to make the right choices.
Through my stance my edlest, at age 10, has not, as I did by that age, had any desire to smoke, or drink. By 10 I was sippin' peppermint schnapps and had stolen cigarett butts to smoke with my friends under the train trestle. But, I have also told him that I did and told him that if he *ever* wants to try something to let me know and I would let him.
No rush, no excitement, no thrill of "getting away with it" so he has no desire to.
Make it taboo and they will do it.