I am bursting with excitement and fatherly pride!
My daughters both recently started Steemit accounts and have begun posting. They are both creative people and have chosen to start a habit of creating and sharing with a patient and generous mindset. I'm stoked!
Her 1st $100 post!
https://steemit.com/fanfiction/@captainmouse/the-soldier-s-sparrow-a-fable-2-3-fanfic-ch-1-pt-2
Follow Faith here: https://steemit.com/@captainmouse
Reagan is 15 and the last time we went phone shopping, I made it a point to get her the best camera possible. She's shown for several years now, to have an amazingly intuitive eye for photography. She's working on getting a daily habit going on Steemit to share her photography, and hopes to one day fund her dream of owning a global chain of classic books store/bar/coffee shops. She's nurtured these dreams for a few years now, and I have no doubts!
A recent post of hers:
https://steemit.com/photography/@thebookworm/a-book-at-the-beach
Follow Reagan here: https://steemit.com/@thebookworm
All Photos in this post are from Reagan.
Did I mention that both of my daughters are un-schooled? Neither has received ANY formal training in any of these disciplines. They are guided to improve through their own passion and desire to learn and grow.
No coercion needed.
The ability to own one’s self.
Reagan recently applied to a local tea shop to try to get experience in how to run her future coffee shop. She was denied the opportunity to apply for the job. She was told she must be 18 years of age to be hired for this minimum-wage, entry level job. Liability from using hot steam machines was cited as the reason.
Earlier this evening she baked a blackberry crisp from our backyard harvest. She googled a recipe and made the crisp unsupervised and apparently didn't spontaneously combust or try to sue me for any equipment malfunctions. So a 15-year-old can handle hot and potentially dangerous conditions? WOW! Who knew?
Child labor laws, regulations, litigious culture... this all points back to a single mindset that is tearing down our society: The lack of self-ownership, otherwise known as entitlement is a plague.
I'm not just proud because my kids have talents they are willing to share and a work ethic to go after what they want. I'm mostly proud because they are taking ownership of their lives. They are not waiting for an employer, teacher, or other “authority” to grant them permission or hand them opportunities. They are creating their own opportunities. Steemit and the crypto-economy are giving them the tools to bypass the disease of the state and all of the self-entitled collectivist bilge. The future is exciting once again.
If there is only 1 lesson I hope to impart on my children and the rest of the world, it's this:
Own it.
O.K., this isn’t necessarily a Reagan original, but it’s so damn cute I had to include it.
The future is, once again, bright!
Entrepreneurship and earning money... Get them hooked young!
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Great post! Love how you are celebrating and supporting your daughters and their innate creativity and talents. We followed the unschooling route too and believe 100% that every human, given the opportunity, will follow the beat of their own drummer to fulfill their purpose here on earth... how could it be otherwise? Peace all ways...
It is always an awesome feeling seeing your children have love and do well in positive things they find interest in, Good a thing you are sharing it to the world to see and appreciate their creativity
It also motivates them to do better seeing they can actually earn from doing what they love, there is no better feeling than that..
I wish them success in their endeavour and kudos for raising such kids..
This is a great post! My son also started a steem account with me, if you want to see his post he is @Playbook We have been doing this for three days now, I get to write my science articles and he posts pics of his wife and dog (we all live together). I think its crazy that he has made more seem from his dog picks than I have from articles! But it makes me happy regardless. Good luck to you and yours!
Great post. Definitely merits an upvote and resteem. You are clearly doing a spectacular job with your kids and should be deservedly proud.
That's great! My sons are not in Steemit... yet. But I do publish their work here. This is a great place to expose their skills and talents. Steemit challenges everyone here. Cheers!
The libertarian propaganda in your post is ruining an otherwise good post.
I will vote for your daughters posts still, if they are any good.
But I wonder, who are self-entitled? Unemployed people? Maybe people who inherited their wealth, like Donald Trump?
And can you please explain the statistical miracle needed to make all of us successful entrepreneurs?
your daughters are wonderful. I will follow them for sure. Do you mean they never attended any school? Or just no school for writing and photography?
Sorry I didn't see this sooner. They don't attend any school. They are 100% self guided in anything they want to learn.