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How to Get Kids to Do Chores: Does the Maya Method Work?

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233 points Xcelerate | 4 comments | 04 Sep 18 00:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.687s | source
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interatx ◴[04 Sep 18 02:15 UTC] No.17906150[source]▶
We pair program with new hires on simpler tasks and gradually build them up. Sounds very similar.
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ngngngng ◴[04 Sep 18 02:26 UTC] No.17906184[source]▶
I'm having my first kid soon and have pretty high ambitions for teaching him to program. Maybe I'll try the pair programming/Mayan chore method to get him up to speed.
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aikinai ◴[04 Sep 18 02:29 UTC] No.17906201[source]▶
Maybe better to first wait and see what he/she is interested in?
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1. ngngngng ◴[04 Sep 18 03:31 UTC] No.17906431[source]▶
Of course, but even if they're not interested in calculus or US history we make them learn that. I just want my kids to be good enough at programming that it's a solid backup option so they can feel free to pursue anything their hearts desire knowing they can fall back on that.
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2. aikinai ◴[04 Sep 18 04:53 UTC] No.17906743[source]▶
Oh okay, not my place to judge anyway, but sounds like a good plan.
3. alexashka ◴[04 Sep 18 05:51 UTC] No.17906913[source]▶
Maybe they can just fall back on having discovered what they're good at, by the time they're 20, because they've had the opportunity to try many things, because their parents recognize that the job of a parent is to help children discover themselves, not fulfill their parents' ideas of success, least of all financial.

Serving at Starbucks may not seem like a 'solid' option to you, but I assure you I've met many more happy people there, than sitting in an 'open-office', being bad at their job, knowing they're bad, and still doing it, because of how 'solid' it is.

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4. leetcrew ◴[04 Sep 18 12:27 UTC] No.17908514[source]▶
having worked at a restaurant before my first programming job, i think i get what you're saying here. i don't mind coding and i'm not bad at it, but i definitely miss the more social aspects of the restaurant job. i can imagine a lot of people being happier day to day there.

i gotta ask though, by the time they are 65 and thinking about their retirement options, who is happier?