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I'm taking on music student. His name is Skyler, an 11 year old boy that lives a few houses down. Apparently, he and his grandfather have been hanging out on the porch at night to listen to me play. I didn't know I had fans. Its kind of flattering, I guess.

I think I'll go Miyagi on him. I'll teach him, but he has to earn it. I havn't trimmed the weeds in my lawn in a long time. Or waxed my car. Wax on....

I'm looking forward to the experience, though. I do enjoy teaching people.

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[Miyagi karate-chops the tops off three beer bottles]
Daniel: How did you do that? How did you do that?
Miyagi: Don't know. First time.

I've been watching "Cosmos".  Its some pretty awesome stuff.  I love space and the stars and learning.  Yea, i'm a nerd.  A geek as well. 

Well, here we are with spring upon us.  My son is enjoying his break from school (is second grade almost over already?!?!) and, though I have mentioned it several times already, is ignoring the chores that have been set aside for this time.  With the enthusiasm of his age, he has promised to do all manner of jobs in order to have more money and freedoms… but when the time comes, chooses to exercise his reward from yesterday and play on the Xbox instead.  At some point he will have passed many levels, defeated many foes, and racked up lots of points, but will have no time to get all his chores done for the day – and not get the other privileges he wants.

 

He has also been asking about making changes to his chore chart.  He’s a big kid of seven now, and wants to buy himself a Nintendo DS.  Most of my family lives in another part of the state we live in.  Too far away to visit often, so when it comes time for presents, they usually send a check to buy a toy.  My son is lucky, and has lots of toys – so when he begged to have a DS (and was very disappointed that Santa had not brought one), I suggested that he save the money he gets from family for his birthday, Christmas, and other holidays.

 

At the beginning of last year, we marched into the bank with checks in hand.  We got him started with a “Youth Goal Savings Account,” and deposited his Christmas hoard.  He is now quite proud that he has over $100 in his account.  We are going to adjust his chore chart to tasks appropriate for him (upon negotiation and agreement by both parties, of course) and come up with a fair amount of money each task is worth.

 

When we first started making a chore chart, I made a template on the computer, and we have been refining it ever since.  Since he was only four when we started, we had items on there like: Get dressed in morning, Brush teeth, Put pajamas on.  There were actual chores on there, however.  Feeding the dog, sweeping, dusting, and picking up his toys, have all been part of his weekly responsibilities.  Since I print out a new sheet every week, we let him mark his own progress.  If he does a chore without being asked, he can put a star in that box; if we have to remind him, but it gets done, then he can put a check.

 

At the end of the week, we would count up all the checks and star and decide on a reward.  A new toy, a trip to the ice cream shop or Chuck E. Cheese, seeing a new movie or something along these lines.

 

I’m thinking that for the more difficult tasks, I will offer fifty cents for completing the task without being asked, twenty-five for reminders.  A quarter for simpler tasks and ten for reminders.  This way, he can still have the same type of system, but also the money that he so desperately wants.  I also appreciate the fact that we make him a part of the process by deciding together what chores he can accomplish and that he can see how much, or how little, effort he has put forth.

I was out with my seven-year-old son yesterday for an evening of fun.  He had really helped out around the house, doing lots of chores (such as feeding the dog, emptying the dishwasher, folding and putting away laundry… that kind of thing) so I picked him up after school and we went out to a movie and had dinner – just the two of us.

 

As we were walking along to the car after eating, he says, “Mom?  I think that home cooking is better than eating out.”

“Oh?” says I, “Why’s that?”

“Well, it’s better for you, at least the way that you cook, but it tastes better too.”  He replies.

“I’m glad you feel that way.  It’s one of the reasons that I want you to learn how to cook a few meals for yourself, so that some day when you grow up and move away that you’ll be able to make good, healthy food.”  I told him.

He turns to me and says, “Maybe one of these days I’ll be as good a cook as you, Mom.”

“Wow!  Thanks.”  I said, smiling.  “Maybe sometime soon, after you get some more practice, you can cook dinner for all of us.”

 

This was a momentous moment for me.  You see, my son had been in the kitchen with me since he was a baby.  I would bring him in, strapped into his bouncy seat, so that I could talk to him and make faces while keeping on eye on him and dinner at the same time.  As he got older, he would still spend time with me in the kitchen, so I gave him jobs to do.  As his skills progressed, so did the level of difficulty in the jobs I gave him.  When he was a toddler, I would measure out the ingredients and let him add them to the bowl – not to mention stirring!  Eventually, he worked up to measuring and chopping (with a butter knife) different ingredients.  A couple of years ago, I got him his own kid’s cookbook for a present.  He was excited and we have been having a ball going through the recipes and making all kinds of goodies.

 

One thing I have noticed is that his creative nature causes him to want to make his own creations.  I have let him have a little leeway, but am determined that he should learn how to cook using a recipe… at least at first.  If he gets really good at it, then he can experiment.  The couple of times I let him raid the pantry to create a concoction of his own devising, I did so on the condition that he taste the spices he wanted to use.  You should have seen his face when he tasted the ground ginger (with visions of gingersnaps floating in his head, I’m sure) that I sprinkled into his palm.  That was in February when he wanted to make a cake from scratch.  It looked beautiful, but tasted awful because he put in too much baking soda.  It was a shame, but a great lesson.

 

Not only has this all been a chance to teach him basic cooking skills, but also a chance for us to talk about all kinds of things.  I really like learning about him.  It’s also nice to see that he truly has a passion for cooking – something we share.

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