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No children?

Not quite old enough to do the heavy lifting yet. They are trying but little hard for a 50 pound 6 year old or 30 pound 3 year old to do much helping in moving stuff that weighs as much or more than they do.

This is why the lever was invented. And the whip. Srsly, sounds like a management issue to me.

It's a fine line between breaking the spirit and compliance with these two. A touch too much of the whip and they turn to mush.

Lucky you. Mine turned to traitorous rebels. Really lucked out when I realized if I just paid them $10/hr to work with me, everybody was happy. Of course, they were ~10 by then, so it's too early for you yet.

Fortunately, no one ever slit my throat in my sleep. Yet.