When I told my 4 year old that he could do it however he thought best, when discussing his lemonade stand, I didn't expect him to start outsourcing things. Like marketing. Why would a 4 year old outsource marketing to India for his lemonade stand? Because it's "a cheap labor" apparently. That's weird. Because I thought 4 year olds were cheap labor. But turns out 4 year olds are "children" and often "incompetent". I assured him that I understood his concerns but until he memorized an AMEX card that didn't belong to me, he was going to have to work with the incompetent children here in America.
As soon as I explained that he couldn't outsource marketing to India, or outsource sales there he started to clearly lose interest in the exercise. All I wanted was what any other parent wanted; to scare their child so completely that they'd never consider starting their own company. Just get a job, get a paycheck, get some benefits, and go on your merry way. Is that too much to ask as a parent? Is it? I just want to mitigate the already rampant levels of fear that I have regarding my children to a manageable level. They already get hurt, in trouble with the law, and drive like lunatics, the least I could ask for is stable employment.
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