Second generation hairdresser....

So, Katie-Katherine has expressed a fairly serious interest in becoming a hairdresser. I'm both thrilled about this and cautious about this. Thrilled, because I'm glad I've inspired her! Cautious, because, well, she's 13 years old. Things change as she gets older. There's very few things, in her life, that she's been consistent about. Her love of cats, horses, wolves. That's about it. The rest of it changes faster than you can say "Gone With The Wind"! She's also had an interesting summer, my Katie-Katherine. She didn't want to go to day camp, so I told her that's fine, but you're going to do stuff around the house. Especially if you expect to get paid for doing some of these things. So, I've started a "Katie-Katherine Do" list. It's not terribly complicated: wash, dry, & put away the dishes, fold all laundry, clean out the cat box (not the big clean, just the basic clean), collect all trash and take to the dumpster. There are also jobs she doesn't get paid for, like putting her own laundry away, making her bed, things like that. She hasn't actually gotten paid yet, because, well, money is at a premium, and she knows it. However, there IS a running tab going. I collect each chore list she does and assign a monetary amount to each chore, based on the quality of work performed. She also knows this, although she doesn't know the monetary value of each chore. Now, being Katie-Katherine, she has most definitely tried to get out of doing things. The first chore list, she tried getting out of doing the dishes, until "later". When I got home from work that night, and discovered what she'd done, I had her come right back out into the kitchen and get the dishes done. And, explained that the list is written in order of importance, and there's no negotiating what does or doesn't get done. If the chore is a paid chore, and she chooses NOT to do it, she doesn't get paid. Conversely, if she only does a half-way job, she only gets half pay. She understands all of this. Whether or not she remembers all of this when payday finally comes is a completely separate issue!!