If kids don’t choose and work and earn, they will not feel ownership

If kids don’t choose and work and earn, they will not feel ownership, and if they don’t feel ownership, they will not value or maintain or feel responsibility.

The whole connecting concept can be diagramed:

(a triangle)

OWNERSHIP
(having chosen
and earned something)





WORK RESPONSIBILITY
(working for, (valuing and
working on, or taking pride in)
working with)

All the lines of the triangle work in all directions. Work creates ownership and ownership motivates work. Ownership breeds responsibility and responsibility serves ownership. Responsibility requires work, and work underscores responsibility.

But the place to start with kids is ownership. Giving them the real (and early) opportunity to own things, from money to choices, is what starts the ball rolling and leads inevitably to work and responsibility.