Children cannot begin too young to earn money. If it is only a little,—one egg for every dozen they find, pay for carrying the milk, a few cents per week for washing dishes or bringing in the wood or coal or kindlings, so much for every towel they hem, or they may keep bens of their own, or a pig, or care for their own calf along with the other cattle,—how much more interest will they take! There are an infinite number of ways in which a child can earn money, and that, too, without paying him for his little kindnesses to the home people, either; and then he has an almost inexpressible feeling of pride and independence when he buys something with his own earnings. There is no better servant in the world than this same money; but, to be of most use, it must be rightly managed, and only experience can teach that lesson properly.— , in Industrialist.
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Children Earning Money
From the September 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal
Industrialist
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