One of the harms he says we do children is to give them an allowance instead of paying them for honest, real labor. There's a handy chart in the back with suggested jobs and compensation. I thought you'd enjoy that:
Hypothetical child "Larry" has a worksheet that looks like this:
Mow the front lawn, edge, and clean up grass, .50
Mow the back lawn, edge and clean up grass, .50
Sweep sidewalks, .10
sweep patio .10
Sweep garage .05
Wash car, cleaning inside as well, 1.00
Wash driveway, .05
Hypothetical child Caroline has a chart that looks like this:
Iron handkerchiefs, 10 for a nickel
iron table cloths, 2 for a dime
iron pillow cases a penny each
Dust furniture in front room a nickel
vacuum hall, a nickel
wash bathtub, a nickel
wash bathroom sink, a nickel (and I think the tub ought to be worth at least twice as much as the sink.
Clean the bird cage, .20
Those are all weekend jobs.
"Dougie" can do his jobs Mon thru Sat
Empty all wastebaskets, a nickel
take out garbage from patio, a nickel
set the table, a nickel
clear the table (after everybody else puts their dishes in the sink), a nickel
load and unload the dishwasher, a dime each.
"Economic slavery, " concludes the author- just after the chore chart, " is the price of all welfarism. True nobility of character flourishes best in the atmosphere of greatest economic and political freedom. The finest preparation for living is to rear a child in a religious home; the next in importance is to train him in daily practice of the free market, competitive system in terms which he can understand and which speak to him where he is.
It is not hard, when children reach their teens, to teach them the theory of free enterprise. But unless it is practiced in the home as a daily way of life, the theory of capitalism will mean very little to them.
I do not agree with every detail in this pamphlet, but I do like the general principles. Read more about McBirnie here. You can also listen to some of his Bible classes.
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