TG has started her own small kid-business (something like car-washing), and has put up flyers around our neighborhood to drum up business. A potential client called yesterday, and her ten-year old heart was all a-flutter with the idea of earning $5. The client called my cell phone, of course. To discuss what needed to be done, TG made an appointment in the evening, after I got home from work. I had to let PdeFF know, because it was his night to have the girls.
He blew a gasket, worrying about abduction, predators, whether TG could handle the responsibility (??? -- of course she can), etc. It took 20 minutes of sweet-talking to talk him down.
I made him promise that he wouldn't pop TG's balloon with "Are you responsible enough". Setting up her own little business shows that she's responsible enough, and she'll get more responsible as she does more.
We met the potential client, and he's a client now, and starting Monday, TG's a money-making ten-year old.
And I feel enormous relief that I'm no longer completely tied to someone who can't distinguish between hyped up media worry of crime and opportunity for his kid (plus her showing buckets of initiative).
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When can I start buying stock in her company?
Now you need to become overbearing and controlling, siphon the funds off for your lavish lifestyle, and sell the tell-all to the tabloids before the shelf life expires.
Anon: Sadly, I can't offer any shares, as we have no prospectus nor any shares that would legitimately sell under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. But yes, this is a great growth opportunity.
Cuff: TigerGrrl the Terror of the Pre-Teen Years? Sorry, my kid's just a nice ten-year old. That's all.
PdeFF is a fckwit.
As if you could stop TG doing anyhting she wanted to do, especially something like this.
Anyway, it's not like you weren't going to take precautions over all this is it?
Well done to TG for getting out there and earning. (how much of a cut are you going to take?)
Well how else is he going to manifest delusions of adequacy?
Your eminence: He thinks he's an ideal parent. And he does love his kids, so there you are. Nonetheless, getting him to agree to let TG do a NORMAL KID'S FIRST JOB seems to be beyond his comfort zone.
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