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Responsibility comes in many forms... |
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I remember when I was 8 or so, I entered into Toyz-R-Us, saw every toy, I immediately thought what a fun place it was and asked my grandparents for a Lego set. Within two years or so of that Lego set being bought though, many of the pieces were gone, and I began to use the bucket as a storage container for collecting acorns from our backyard to somehow help the squirrels with their food collecting. xd I realized that the Lego set was a poor decision, since it lasted for only a year or so before the pieces were lost and my sibling and I lost interest in it.
A few years later I remember my mom telling me and my sister we had $50 each to use at Wal-Mart... for clothes. We would go to Wal-Mart or Roses twice a year, at the most, for clothes and that alone taught me good money management skills since I had to buy the most clothes within a budgeted amount of money. Since my mom and dad would rarely buy us toys that we wanted/wished for and had to spend the money that we had with us, that also taught me good money managing skills. I never was able to get many of the things that I wanted, and for that, I'm very thankful and proud of my parents for their self-control and not wanting to go bankrupt. xd I have learned to be proud of my parents especially since I see many people that try to give their children everything that they want, but in return teach their kids that money is at their beck-and-call and the parents are struggling to send their kids to some place that they really want to go to, or to buy that one thing their child has "always dreamed of having." However, since my mom is very good at handling money, she has made note of the fact that we (me, my mom, and my sibling) were able to travel around the mid-west and see Yellowstone National Park, Mount Rushmore, and including driving to see at least 11 states. However, before that time, we did not go out-to-eat for at least four months in order to completely save for that trip. That alone taught me self-control with my money, that sometimes, in order to get to something great, you have to decide not to spend money at that time and wait for the ultimate time to spend money and get the most reward(s) out of it. smile
I also learned that there's many fun jobs in a National Park in which you can work at a waiter, cleaning cabins, etc. and enjoy a wonderful view, people who have money to actually spend at those kinds of places (which means that there's a better chance they will have good manners), people from other countries that are not only working with you but people that come and visit a famous site in America, and many other wonderful things about places like that. smile I've also learned to never get drunk in a National Park unless you want to accidentally bump into a buffalo or a wild bear. rofl (No, the animals are not tame at a National Park. No, you are not allowed to feed an animal, pet an animal, place your child or yourself on an animal, or anything that includes being within 50-100 feet of being within a wild animal.)
Well... that is all that I have in my mind right now about responsibility. Mainly it was about the financial part, since there are many kids learning irresponsibility with their money at a very early age. The paragraph that dealt about working in a National Park was a bonus, it was on my mind, and I'm sleepy so I become completely random at sleepy-points. razz
 Vondra · Wed Jun 13, 2007 @ 06:40pm · 0 Comments |
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