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    Child Labor Isnt It Lovely

    My 12 year old son for the first time since I started scrapping came out and asked to help. So I put him to work tearing down hard drives.




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    What a good little helper you have there!!

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    He said he might as well get an early start on the family business!
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    LOL he just told me he wants a new xbox game. So it told him ide give him 50 cents vo every hard drive he broke down. I have about 40 of them so he can make 20 bucks over the weekend.

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    I wish someone taught me at that age what I know today. That's called teaching good values

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    Sweet....Always good to have some help like that....I tried to get my little granddaughter to help me in the shop one day...She is 3 and wanted to help...Well not long after we got out there she ran over and picked up a low grade board and licked it!!!!!! ****edest thing I have ever seen...Needless to say that ended her time of employment with me for a while LOL

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    Lovely, indeed. Hope he maintains interest.

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    I think it is great because you're are also spending time with him! Good Dad!!

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    my 6 year old loves learning about how to break things apart to get the copper out!

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    What Jr. didn't know that inside it was family movie night....JK

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    Quote Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper View Post
    LOL he just told me he wants a new xbox game. So it told him ide give him 50 cents vo every hard drive he broke down. I have about 40 of them so he can make 20 bucks over the weekend.
    Will you still have your helper after he receives enough money to purchase the xbox game. not much difference between a game addict and an alcoholic who does not return to work for three days after payday.

    It's good to see the little guy helping out, hope he stays with you Dad.

    On a side note, I choose to teach my children not to act on impluse but from the heart.

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    I agree with you gus. my 15 year old daughter has been helping me from the start. I told her I would start giving her the first $50 a week from when we go out on trash night. So she can start saving for her first truck.

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    My son (8) insists on breaking down cd/dvd drives. I think it’s funny because he does it for the thrill of finding games and movies. When I’m picking up items, he is always on the lookout for nerf guns/ammo and legos. I wish it could always be like this.

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    Right now, my daughters are two young to go with me (4 and 2). The oldest does love seeing what I do, but I know how dangerous it can be, and I am not putting her in harms way.

    For the time being, my 2 brother in laws go with me a lot of times on the weekends when they are not in school, and all the time during the summer.

    They periodically will get some awesome stuff from my clients.

    They also go with me periodically when I am cleaning out foreclosed homes. They sometimes find some really neat things that still work, and are in good shape, and best of all free! lol

    What they also enjoy is going to the scrap yard and watching the crane take cars off trailers or tow trucks, and crush them.

    I think when they get a bit old (right now 12 and 13) then I will be having part time helpers lol.

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    I was working with this dude and i guess his nephew rolls up in a hightech wheel chair and dudes just like "get your ass in the back of the truck, boy" im like uhhhh... haha?
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    So did he?
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    no, i think they parked him off to the side to get the wires, motor and wheels first


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