We’ve limited screen time. Signed them up for soccer, piano, and STEM camp. But what if the missing piece isn’t more structure, it’s more ownership?

In an age of endless content and curated activities, one of the boldest moves a parent can make is to raise a builder, a child who doesn’t just consume the world, but contributes to it.

Most kids know how to spend money. Fewer know how to earn it. And when cash comes too easily, through weekly allowances with no strings attached, it can short-circuit the lessons that matter most. At Minor Chores, we believe real financial literacy starts with effort, ownership, and the satisfaction of doing the work.

You can’t teach accountability with a worksheet.
You can’t coach resilience from a textbook.

But hand a child a rake, a schedule, and a customer, and you’ve just created one of the most powerful classrooms in the world: real life.