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Put them to work and make them earn things. Understanding the calculus of how much picking rocks out of the garden or how many times you have to mow the lawn fo
by thrower123 8y ago
Put them to work and make them earn things. Understanding the calculus of how much picking rocks out of the garden or how many times you have to mow the lawn for a new doodad is a kind of tethering that persists for many years.
- Godel_unicode 8y agoDo you have any evidence for this? I haven't seen any studies into it, but it comes from the same school of Protestant work ethic as many disproven pieces of "common sense".
- DavidTNcl 8y agoI find myself wondering what other things you consider 'disproven pieces of "common sense"'.
- Godel_unicode 8y agoI had in mind a combination of the Cambridge Summerville youth study, the massive body of research that working more hours isn't good for productivity, and the (admittedly currently ongoing) research into personal relationships which is showing a marked improvement in relationship outcomes for couples who live together before getting married.
- aklemm 8y agoWe do this, but at young ages it is mind-boggling how far off they are from internalizing it yet.