One of the Best Things You Can Do For Your Kids

……….is to allow them a chance to do things, to experience responsibility, to make decisions, to face challenges, and to learn to deal with others.
Here is an example. This couple has a sheep farm. They also keep a few chickens. On one occasion, they asked their 12 year old daughter to sell a few eggs, which she did competently. Then they thought that she should be given the chance to run her own business within the farm. She took up the challenge and decided that she would run a chicken and egg business. She started ringing people from home selling organic eggs under the name Madelaine’s Eggs. Then she invested in an incubator (making an investment decision) and soon she was selling chicks. Then she branched into ducks and was soon selling ducklings. This young girl was soon manning her own store in the town’s weekend market, selling her organic eggs, chickens and ducklings.
She managed the entire business by herself, with a little help from her little sister and her parents.
At a time of water shortage, her business was the only part of the family farm that was making a profit.
Not a bad start to life for a kid who was still in primary school.