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No Allowance for Responsibility: A Childhood Dilemma

No Allowance for Responsibility: A Childhood Dilemma

by kgilliam

My wife had taken our two younger children out to run a few errands leaving me with our oldest boy. A little while after they left, he came up to me saying he had a surprise for me: he'd emptied the dishwasher. He's six. He'd done it all by himself without me asking him or showing him how.

That night, my sister-in-law came over for dinner and I proudly shared this little tidbit, hoping to reinforce the behavior with some public praise. My sister-in-law immediately said to him, "You should ask for an allowance. You should get paid."   Hold on. What?  And how does this relate to the business case for CR? 

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