I tried to teach my children French. We had cartoons, and I even offered to pay them to listen to daily lessons. No dice. To try to make a point about the ease

I tried to teach my children French. We had cartoons, and I even offered to pay them to listen to daily lessons. No dice. To try to make a point about the ease of sitting inside listening to French versus manual labor to earn money, I offered them the same dollar amount to spend the same amount of time in the backyard breaking rocks with a hammer. Let me tell you how that backfired! Those two little boys were in hog heaven breaking rocks, and they asked me to do it again soon. I should have known better.