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<blockquote data-quote="Pam R" data-source="post: 115796" data-attributes="member: 108"><p>We paid DS to do jobs we were no longer able to do. We started off paying by the hour, but he messed around so much it bcame by the job. We also pay $5/hr. or what would be $5/hr. for a normally completed job. :hammer: </p><p></p><p>The jobs he got paid for:</p><p></p><p>working with fire wood: splitting, hauling, stacking, bringing into house</p><p></p><p>mowing and weedwacking</p><p></p><p>helping me in the garden</p><p></p><p>fencing on the farm</p><p></p><p>and sometimes some housework:</p><p></p><p>completely cleaning the bathroom</p><p></p><p>vacuuming the entire house</p><p></p><p></p><p>As someone else said, these had to be done to Mommy standard or no pay. Because of this, it would have been far easier to do them ourselves. :hammer:</p><p></p><p>Sometimes I had to check him work up to 7 times and send him back to do it. I think he figured I'd give up, but I never did. Eventually I put a cap on the checking and just said it better be done well after the second check or no pay and you finish it for nothing. :hammer:</p><p></p><p>Now at nearly 17, some jobs he does well and some he still does poorly. He never learned that he'd save energy by just doing it well the first time. The EDD I think. </p><p></p><p>The ones he does well tend to be the ones he does most frequently, so he learned the habit, not the reason why. This is how he tends to learn most things, never truly knowing "why" something is done this way. </p><p></p><p>Anyways, that's how things work around here.</p><p></p><p>Pam R.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pam R, post: 115796, member: 108"] We paid DS to do jobs we were no longer able to do. We started off paying by the hour, but he messed around so much it bcame by the job. We also pay $5/hr. or what would be $5/hr. for a normally completed job. [img]:hammer:[/img] The jobs he got paid for: working with fire wood: splitting, hauling, stacking, bringing into house mowing and weedwacking helping me in the garden fencing on the farm and sometimes some housework: completely cleaning the bathroom vacuuming the entire house As someone else said, these had to be done to Mommy standard or no pay. Because of this, it would have been far easier to do them ourselves. [img]:hammer:[/img] Sometimes I had to check him work up to 7 times and send him back to do it. I think he figured I'd give up, but I never did. Eventually I put a cap on the checking and just said it better be done well after the second check or no pay and you finish it for nothing. [img]:hammer:[/img] Now at nearly 17, some jobs he does well and some he still does poorly. He never learned that he'd save energy by just doing it well the first time. The EDD I think. The ones he does well tend to be the ones he does most frequently, so he learned the habit, not the reason why. This is how he tends to learn most things, never truly knowing "why" something is done this way. Anyways, that's how things work around here. Pam R. [/QUOTE]
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