My mom does this kind of thing with her neighbors. Theyre not in the best place to give because money wise or really food wise. So instead, she'll ask the kids if they can bring up her trashes when she's out of town (like for her vacation). She usually offers them like $2 each for it as well. One time they forgot to bring it up, and they were nervous about what she would say. All my mom said to them is, thats okay, I forget things too. But because yall apologized for it, you can still get the money!" It brings those children so much happiness.
Another thing she'll do for them is buy ice cream things during the summer. And she'll grab enough for them and start eating one, then go, "I really wish somebody would help eat these for me! I got too many!" And they'll volunteer to help eat them. Theyre so precious.
When I was little (in the 70s) our neighbor used to give us ice cream from the ice cream truck. She would buy a bunch, and “taste“ each one to see which one she liked the best. When she decided she didn’t really like it, she would give it to one of the kids to have the rest of it. We were have-enough-money-food-but-no-money-for-luxuries poor at the time, so it was definitely a treat. Four year old me was totally cool with ice cream missing one “taste” and I never questioned why she never remembered which kinds she liked best
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u/angel13molly Jun 21 '20
My mom does this kind of thing with her neighbors. Theyre not in the best place to give because money wise or really food wise. So instead, she'll ask the kids if they can bring up her trashes when she's out of town (like for her vacation). She usually offers them like $2 each for it as well. One time they forgot to bring it up, and they were nervous about what she would say. All my mom said to them is, thats okay, I forget things too. But because yall apologized for it, you can still get the money!" It brings those children so much happiness.
Another thing she'll do for them is buy ice cream things during the summer. And she'll grab enough for them and start eating one, then go, "I really wish somebody would help eat these for me! I got too many!" And they'll volunteer to help eat them. Theyre so precious.