This is my follow-up post, as promised, from my Teaching My Son a Good Work Ethic post yesterday.
I got home from work yesterday, and we all went out to try and knock out the next step of the sheep fence project: attaching all of the fencing to the posts. Success! We had just finished the last section and it was about 7:00pm. I turned to him and said, "Guess what?! That's the END of the sheep fencing!" He smiled and simply said, "Yeah!" with no further expectations. Innocence is so sweet. I waited a few seconds, then reminded him that with the work done, we could have our fun and he got to pick what we would do! This jogged his memory!!!
So... what did he choose?
We loaded up and hit the road, heading down the highway into town.
About 20 minutes later, we arrived. Even though he was saving his quarters, the Arcade used a digital card so the 1st Bank of Daddy exchanged his quarters for the digital card and added some of his own money, too.
The arcade is not big, but is the only one within 25 miles and one of two in the area, so beggars can't be choosy! Still, it was a lot of fun for us and more importantly, our boys.
For the size of the arcade, probably about 40 "games", they had a good selection of games that covered all age ranges. They also had Go Karts, Mini Golf, and Batting Cages.
We cashed out early, not using all of the money on the digital arcade card, and ended up with 175 tickets. Our son picked a slap bracelet and a Whoopee Cushion... both of which have been fun for everyone!
Thoughts
Fun of the Arcade aside, it was great seeing our son consciously reaping the reward from his work. This gives him motivation and us an example to point to in the future to help him.
