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Part-time 14 yr. old helper; a bit of a vent
Topic Started: Mar 14 2009, 11:01 AM (644 Views)
Buryinghill1
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thetoothpick&oliveshow
Mar 22 2009, 10:06 AM
I still say fire him, and hire me
TP&O - you REALLY want to get grounded, eh?

You'll be cuddling all those cute donkies and never be home ;)
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Maybe try a written list for him to refer back to? Are you calling him out on his mistakes?

As a teenager who got tough love it is something I wholeheartedly agree with :).
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Thanks, everyone, for all the additional replies. We are knocking along okay the last few days.

He gets a list everyday, dated with a start and a finish time. I try to keep it simple. I agree that it's partly the age and partly the gender...a bad combination :brickwall: . And, yeah, when he messes up, I explain what he should have done and/or make him do it again.

Hope he lasts long enough to help stack the square bales when we get them in May/June (and he thinks it's hard work to shovel cow poop? :duh: )

TP&O, you're welcome to come work. How are you with a manure fork and a shovel? You'll be paid in donkey kisses. :nyah: (Oh, and I love your new avatar, meant to tell you that earlier!)
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I'm pretty good with a manure fork and shovel. And I LOVE donkey kisses. Thank you about the avatar, it was a candid moment caught by my mom with my camera.
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