today... Krish, my son turns 16 and we got a deal going... that i want to get your thoughts on...
here's the deal we made: now that he's 16, he pays for all his dinners with friends, movies, and anything he wants that isn't a "need."
so i had him try two things since last year:
a blue collar job washing dishes and mopping floors at my friend's BBQ place. night shift - once a week. $12/hr.
and a white collar job working with me on a fractional basis. building websites, video editing, recording, learning AI tools - $1000/project
guess what? he loves both.
but for very different reasons.
the dishwashing job taught him something no lecture ever could: $12/hr on a night shift mopping floors is something he hopes he never "needs" to do when he grows up.
the fractional work taught him that skills pay more than hours. and that he can learn things now that most people don't figure out until their 30s.
he might not even go to college if he keeps playing tennis and making the kind of money he's starting to make.
here's what i've realized:
a 16 year old today is like a 22 year old from my generation point of view.
they have more options, more access, and more maturity than i did at 22.
the world changed. parenting has to change with it.
looking for advice for a friend?
how do you get the next generation ready to lead?
love,
sangram
p.s. best parenting advice i got: don't prepare the road for your kids. prepare your kids for the road.
here's the deal we made: now that he's 16, he pays for all his dinners with friends, movies, and anything he wants that isn't a "need."
so i had him try two things since last year:
a blue collar job washing dishes and mopping floors at my friend's BBQ place. night shift - once a week. $12/hr.
and a white collar job working with me on a fractional basis. building websites, video editing, recording, learning AI tools - $1000/project
guess what? he loves both.
but for very different reasons.
the dishwashing job taught him something no lecture ever could: $12/hr on a night shift mopping floors is something he hopes he never "needs" to do when he grows up.
the fractional work taught him that skills pay more than hours. and that he can learn things now that most people don't figure out until their 30s.
he might not even go to college if he keeps playing tennis and making the kind of money he's starting to make.
here's what i've realized:
a 16 year old today is like a 22 year old from my generation point of view.
they have more options, more access, and more maturity than i did at 22.
the world changed. parenting has to change with it.
looking for advice for a friend?
how do you get the next generation ready to lead?
love,
sangram
p.s. best parenting advice i got: don't prepare the road for your kids. prepare your kids for the road.