A couple weeks ago my daughter decided to give the whole sidewalk lemonade stand thing a try again; however, this year she had a whole new angle and a whole new business partner. We (actually just me... she supervised) made cupcakes all morning and when her little friend showed up they made all kinds of signs and decorated the cupcakes...Then, they dressed up in crazy wigs with pink santa hats and pom-poms and made spectacles of themselves all for the sake of the cupcakes and lemonade. It was very cute, but then that pivotal moment occured that I had been expecting all day. It's that one millisecond...Despite the nagging feeling that you've lost an irreplaceable Saturday, the learning experience arrives neatly packaged in a blink of an eye and always happens to be completely priceless.
Last year's lemonade stand experience was that they call it work because it's work...plain and simple. This year was entirely different... The little friend decided she would be the money holder because they figured they were now experienced enough to save up for a lease. I don't think they really know what that is but they throw that word in along with "merger "and "acquistion" every once in awhile. Even though they agreed to split the money 50/50 the little friend went home with all $18. My daughter was infuriated, even though she agreed that the money should be split AND the other kid should hold the money. When she was little I would jump right in and "fix" things but I knew this was her battle. She finally called the friend and after two weeks, they've patched things up. My daughter learned to speak up and the two of them learned you can't put a pricetag on friendship, which is obviously something you would hope they could understand but nothing compares to the experience.
Last year's lemonade stand experience was that they call it work because it's work...plain and simple. This year was entirely different... The little friend decided she would be the money holder because they figured they were now experienced enough to save up for a lease. I don't think they really know what that is but they throw that word in along with "merger "and "acquistion" every once in awhile. Even though they agreed to split the money 50/50 the little friend went home with all $18. My daughter was infuriated, even though she agreed that the money should be split AND the other kid should hold the money. When she was little I would jump right in and "fix" things but I knew this was her battle. She finally called the friend and after two weeks, they've patched things up. My daughter learned to speak up and the two of them learned you can't put a pricetag on friendship, which is obviously something you would hope they could understand but nothing compares to the experience.
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