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March 27th, 2012 | 
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Help Hurting Families in Alabama
Your whole life can change in a matter of seconds! So, please store yourselves treasures in heaven and not of this earth (Read Matt 6:19-21).
Watch these videos from Alabama (click link below) and help if you can!
http://www.bradrick.org/helpalfamilies
Spartan Women!
“Persian, beware, for it is Spartan women who raise Spartan men” 
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An American Patriot is Hard Working!
The Patriot’s Code States (From our Patriots Club):
An American Patriot is Hard Working!
The Peterson family has recently adapted a point system for our children that might be helpful for other families. We have been using it for a couple months now and can see a real change in the boys attitude towards work. It is based on an idea found in the book “America’s Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money” and has been modified to fit our family. It may cost us a little more money now as parents but the lessons they learn about the value of money and hard work will last your children a lifetime. See our point cards below for ideas. Remember the key is consistency (always the hardest part ).
No Work = No Pay!
They also have a few chores that is part of helping the family house hold and is free (folding their own clothes, helping with dinner, etc).
One of the problems I often see is that today’s children are just so saturated with entertainment (video games, tv, sports, etc) that when comforted with the real world of work they are lost and only work so the can buy stuff, so they can be entertained some more. This is not a healthy nor biblical approach to why we work and needs addressing.
Each week we separate out their pay into different envelopes including tithing, giving, saving, and spending. Because we did this, they were able to give to Samaritans Purse (japan’s earthquake fund) with their giving fund, they have been saving for a future car with their saving fund, and they have been able to buy their own tools with their spending fund.
The absolutely best resource on the importance of hard working is the book “Created for Work” by Bob Schultz. It is full of wisdom that I wish I had when I was younger (would have saved me a lot of hardship). It is a must read for all young patriots!
That’s Crazy – Dad
This past Easter at Grandma’s house we did an Easter egg hunt and my eldest son thought I was crazy for the way I suggested we divide up the eggs at the end of the search.
I went to hide the eggs, and then had all the boys go searching. The two oldest boys (8 and 6 years old), went running and looking with intensity, collecting and moving on to the next; the younger boys (4 and 2 years old) would find one and then spend their time opening it and getting the candy. Needless to say the older boys found more.
Once they had found them all, I suggested since Benjamin (the oldest) had found the most and reaped the biggest harvest; that he should be forced taxed at 95% and that I would take all those eggs from him and redistribute them to the younger boys to be fair.
He looked at me with that strange look on his face and said: “That’s crazy -Dad“! So simple an 8 year old can understand – socialism does not work!! There’s no incentive for him to work hard next time around!!
We also did “Resurrection Rolls” that we learned about from the Boyer family blog. It was a great learning aid for the little boys. Check it out for next year.
