Children Remodeling

[Blue]

Many of us have children. Do any of you take your kids to see your jobs or have any old enough to come and help you?

[uwing]

I took my 13 year old son, one time. Dude work his azz off without me grinding him

[Blue]

Thats rare in this day and age. You got a good one there. :2thumbsup:

[daArch]

I took my 13 year old son, one time. Dude work his azz off without me grinding him

I'll trade you for an 18 year old. He's got the brains (at least by comparison to his dad) but he ain't never been to good with the hands. (Must be his mother's side)

OH, and you get to pay the 48 G college per year :laugh3:

[uwing]

Dude I was beeming, And shocked as hell. cause thats not the dude I knew at home. must had something to do with monies.
I need to take him more. Just hard when I am not on the job site all day.

[Blue]

My 12 year old spent part of the summer cleaning up sites. I haul my debris and off-load it at the landfill still.

I let him use the saws in the shop once in a while with me watching. He has used the mitre saw and all of the air nailers in the shop too.

[uwing]

I'll trade you for an 18 year old. He's got the brains (at least by comparison to his dad) but he ain't never been to good with the hands. (Must be his mother's side)

OH, and you get to pay the 48 G college per year :laugh3:

Naw I'll stick with mine It's only a quarter a day :smash:

[uwing]

My 12 year old spent part of the summer cleaning up sites. I haul my debris and off-load it at the landfill still.

I let him use the saws in the shop once in a while with me watching. He has used the mitre saw and all of the air nailers in the shop too.

Cooool!:2thumbsup:

[ModernStyle]

Many of us have children. Do any of you take your kids to see your jobs or have any old enough to come and help you?

Kids want more money then the guys out front of Home Depot, times are tough and I gotta keep my labor cost low.

[RCP]

Rob and I don't have kids, but our nephew starting working summers a few years ago, he graduated high school and has been full time since May, he is a great worker.

[SLS-Construction]

15 year old has helped out on a few projects - it's amazing no complaints for haul all this trash to the truck, or pull all this lumber back here --- as compared to getting them to do their chores @ home

[Dusty]

the older 2 have no interest. This is my last hope. She's a promising slacker. Spent most of her day rolling a walnut down a ramp that Daddy set up.

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[Bodger]

the older 2 have no interest. This is my last hope. She's a promising slacker. Spent most of her day rolling a walnut down a ramp that Daddy set up.

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Okay, I like her already. Walnut, ramp, busy for the day. Good stuff.

I've taken both of my boys (13 and 15) to the sites to clean up. Paid 'em $10 an hour. Mostly they do okay, but some grousing is always occuring.

And every half hour: "Okay Dad, how much do you owe us so far."

And mommas get the bulk of the money to put in their college funds. They each get to keep $10 each.
Damned if I'm going to hand $50 each to those two and watch which way they run off to spend all of it on video games.

[nEighter]

my son has helped me with various projects... I don't really give him a choice, kinda like my dad stabbin a motor into a car.. didn't have the choice and it gained me untold amounts of get er done that I could not ever replace.

[DavidC]

My son started riding with me once in a while at age 7, was working Saturdays and school holidays by 12. I was his summer job during high school except his senior year when all his friends worked Burger King and he joined them.

He worked for me a few years after school before trying a different career. After 4-5 years of that he asked to come back. When he stuck it out another 3 years or so I made him a partner. His oldest daughter is 10. I've been told no she's not going to work with us. That's alright, his 6 year old daughter likes helping Grandpa in the shop when no one is looking and the 4 year old is a boy.

Given the rough ride this last year my son is looking for an exit now. I think we'll recover before he goes anywhere though.

Good Luck
Dave

[Allrounder]

I don't have kids, but I've had my nephews (currently 14 years) help out from time to time. One is a great grunt, another actually brings his own tools!

[RCP]

I don't have kids, but I've had my nephews (currently 14 years) help out from time to time. One is a great grunt, another actually brings his own tools!

On payday my nephew goes to Sherwin Williams first, buys a new tool every payday!:2thumbsup:

[WarnerConstInc.]

Awesome Dusty.

My 4 year old girl loves helping. She has been on a roof with me, in a crawl space and every where else. At least if she is right by me I can keep an eye on her.

She likes sweeping the garage and helping carry tools.

[neolitic]

....... Spent most of her day rolling a walnut down a ramp that Daddy set up.



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Dayum, she's cute!
I keep waiting for my son and DIL
to give me one of those. :o

.........Given the rough ride this last year my son is looking for an exit now. I think we'll recover before he goes anywhere though.

Good Luck
Dave

If he sticks it out, he will be better prepared
for real life than all the guys who have only known
the last 10 years of easy pickin's.

[neolitic]

My kiddo started coming along from
the time he could walk.
He loved stacking scrap blocks and digging
tunnels in the sand piles.
When he was small I'd pay him small change
for picking up scrap, or sorting nails, or....
High school and college he worked off and on
always with the threat, "If you quit school
you;ll have to do this the rest of your life!" :laugh4:
It worked. :grin:

[WarnerConstInc.]

She even likes digging:

[deckman]

I did not start 'em out as young as Warner, but all three of my girls have been to one jobsite or another to help out, mainly helping put $ in their purses.

2 of the three never showed much interest, but one of them, MJ actually worked in construction for a couple of years. She worked in a cabinet shop, for a remodeling contractor & staining decks for dad.

[Leo G]

My oldest is a lazy bum, he expects CEO payment with no work ethic or work knowledge. I blame his mother for that. She is to easy on them and if I step in she'll just over ride me. I work to much, I am not there enough.

My 11 yo isn't as lazy yet, but would rather play video games that do anything else. Not leading to a good work ethic either.

[neolitic]

My oldest is a lazy bum, he expects CEO payment with no work ethic or work knowledge. I blame his mother for that. She is to easy on them and if I step in she'll just over ride me. I work to much, I am not there enough.

My 11 yo isn't as lazy yet, but would rather play video games that do anything else. Not leading to a good work ethic either.

Make him haul the empty Coke cans.
That should be a good body building exercise as well! :grin:

[Leo G]

We give him the nickel from the return on these cans to go turn them in. You figure at the rate I drink this stuff he would be independently wealthy, one nickel at a time.

[WarnerConstInc.]

I did not start 'em out as young as Warner, but all three of my girls have been to one jobsite or another to help out, mainly helping put $ in their purses.

2 of the three never showed much interest, but one of them, MJ actually worked in construction for a couple of years. She worked in a cabinet shop, for a remodeling contractor & staining decks for dad.

I couldn't keep her out, so it was easier if she hopped in.

Tonight she wants to help with some trimwork.

Need to start the 8 week old here pretty soon!!:laugh3:

[DavidC]

At 9 years old I had my son up on his first roof and taught him to crab walk a valley. Dumbass went home and told mom all about it. No pudding for pa that night.

And no, we weren't working. By then I had a crew, we was just inspecting.

Good Luck
Dave

[TulsaRemodeler]

I had my 22 at the time mechanical engineer son help me for a few hours tearing up some vynil and luon, he got some blisters and had somewhere to go :rolleyes3:. He's on a mission (with a masters in mech eng) now to prove how dumb I am, we'll see what happens.

[Bender]

This is D3. I've taken him up in 80' booms since he was 2:grin:

[TulsaRemodeler]

This is D3. I've taken him up in 80' booms since he was 2:grin:
Thats way too cool, good for you. :2thumbsup:

[orson]

My 4 year old daughter has been to my jobsites a couple times.

I had my wife come help me clean up an apartment we were rehabbing and my daughter brought her "cleaning cart" and helped sweep up. Was funny.

She tells everyone that I "build houses for poor people". Not sure where that came from.

It was a pretty difficult conversation trying to explain that's not quite what I do...:surrender:

[deckman]

This is D3. I've taken him up in 80' booms since he was 2:grin:

That boy looks like he knows what he's doing. Good work dad.

[naptownCr]

On payday my nephew goes to Sherwin Williams first, buys a new tool every payday!:2thumbsup:

This is a signof a tradesman. Just keep him away from the Festool stuff or he will be broke for the rest of his life

My kiddo started coming along from
the time he could walk.
He loved stacking scrap blocks and digging
tunnels in the sand piles.
When he was small I'd pay him small change
for picking up scrap, or sorting nails, or....
High school and college he worked off and on
always with the threat, "If you quit school
you;ll have to do this the rest of your life!" :laugh4:
It worked. :grin:

When we were rehabbing the old house to sell ( you know how carpenters are something about the shoemaker and shoes) My son was always willing to help out with whatever needed to be done. ( 16 at the time) He got into standing back at the end of a day and saying I did that. He really learned a lot about how things are done and has an innate sense what needs to be done to accomplish a task. He's in college now but would not be surprised to see him in the trades in the future.

[Bender]

This is a signof a tradesman.
I was thinking the same thing.

[HeatherP]

I have had my kids (3 girls) all at jobsites at one time or another....during the summer and school breaks they come on setup day and cleanup day. we get to spend some "quality" time together! (I'm not sure they think of it as that!)