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All parents know how hectic, time-consuming and frustrating driving around kids and teens can be. Especially when the apple of your eye is a socially active, extra curricular maven that's super involved in everything. In cases like these, dad generally spends his mornings and evenings carpooling & driving to schools, friends' homes, birthday parties, various youth centers, drama classes, karate, malls, science projects etc.

Fortunately, a solution has been created in order to help kids appreciate the value of their daddy's time, efforts and driving skills: The 'Dad's Cab' is a mock taxi meter that is placed on Dad's dashboard. Every time he drops off a kid at his/her destination, Dad tosses out a fare card which specifies a task, chore or favor that the child will have to return in exchange for the ride. This way children learn to appreciate their parents' time investment and discover that not everything in life is for free. When someone works for you, you have to pay for it.
From the source:

"Dad's Cab is a novelty taxi meter that comes with an assortment of forfeit cards that overworked dads can dish out to their blood-sucking children by way of a bill. Payments include ingenious tasks like 'tidy your room' and 'make dad a cup of tea' – that's no more free rides for the kids and some well-deserved rewards for dad!"

Here's to educating kids correctly and cleverly in a tit-for-tat kind of world.

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There are 2 responses to "Teaching Kids To Pay Up: The Dad Cab".

I love this idea! Why shouldn't the kids pitch in for the family unit?

I think this is a great way to give kids responsibility in the household and it's funny too...

 Posted by: Karen Sieczka at November 4, 2008 1:30 PM

I have been an educator for over 30 years and this is one of the best ideas I've seen for teaching children financial responsibility. I'm sending this to my brother who has two children that would benefit from the Dad Cab.

 Posted by: Geneva Chapman at March 11, 2009 11:55 AM


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