Hello all,
I'm hoping some of you can share with me your successful personal experience in motivating your college son/daughter to work during the summer.
Here's my situation: I have a daughter and a son, both are in their 3rd year of college. Both are doing extremely well academically, so I'm very happy in that regard. I always encourage them to work during the summer so they can have some additional pocket money and to have a better appreciation of money. My daughter has been doing just that for the last 3 summers. My son, well, have worked for a total of less than 200 hours in his whole 20 years 9 months long life. I just can't motivate him!
Here's my tentative plan for him this summer (June, July, and August 2010): I will only give him $200/mth this summer, just enough for grocery. I will not pay his rent/utilites, I will not give him his usual monthly allowance. But I will match him dollar for dollar for everything he earns up to $400/mth.
Will it work? Is there a better way? Thanks.
Sam
I'm hoping some of you can share with me your successful personal experience in motivating your college son/daughter to work during the summer.
Here's my situation: I have a daughter and a son, both are in their 3rd year of college. Both are doing extremely well academically, so I'm very happy in that regard. I always encourage them to work during the summer so they can have some additional pocket money and to have a better appreciation of money. My daughter has been doing just that for the last 3 summers. My son, well, have worked for a total of less than 200 hours in his whole 20 years 9 months long life. I just can't motivate him!
Here's my tentative plan for him this summer (June, July, and August 2010): I will only give him $200/mth this summer, just enough for grocery. I will not pay his rent/utilites, I will not give him his usual monthly allowance. But I will match him dollar for dollar for everything he earns up to $400/mth.
Will it work? Is there a better way? Thanks.
Sam