Lark Bunting
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- Sep 14, 2016
- 710
Four years ago my son came inside on the first Saturday of the summer break and said he was bored. I was eating lunch at the nook at the time and had a thought. Why not print out some flyers for him to pass out to mow lawns. We started with 10 flyers. He immediately had 2 full time lawns within walking distance, weekly, for $30/week. He also picked up some random lawns for when people were on vacation, he watered flowers when people were gone for long weekends, etc.
He\'s been able to do his lawn business each summer since. Last year he had 6 full time lawns but they were scattered around our small town. I drive him around, help him unload and make sure he is doing a great job.
People seem to really appreciate that he is willing to work hard for some cash. In fact he is already turning folks away at the moment because his schedule is booked.
I hope that one day he\'ll appreciate the fact that he will always have this to fall back on. It\'s not glamorous work but he could possible turn this into a full time seasonal job when he\'s old enough to drive which may earn him enough each summer to never have to work at a McD\'s or bag groceries.
Here\'s to seeing a teen do hard work!
He\'s been able to do his lawn business each summer since. Last year he had 6 full time lawns but they were scattered around our small town. I drive him around, help him unload and make sure he is doing a great job.
People seem to really appreciate that he is willing to work hard for some cash. In fact he is already turning folks away at the moment because his schedule is booked.
I hope that one day he\'ll appreciate the fact that he will always have this to fall back on. It\'s not glamorous work but he could possible turn this into a full time seasonal job when he\'s old enough to drive which may earn him enough each summer to never have to work at a McD\'s or bag groceries.
Here\'s to seeing a teen do hard work!
