First job memories: Pocket money, pancakes and Dad time - The Active Age

When my son was about twelve years old, he bought his first mini motorbike with his own savings. No, he didn't get pocket money through an app with an animated hamster. Nor did anyone set up a children's savings account with a "favorable" interest rate for him. Instead, we set up a "family account" at home. Each of our three...

First job memories: Pocket money, pancakes and Dad time - The Active Age

The alarm clock buzzed at 4 a.m. My one-hour workday began. Hurrying to the backyard, I mounted my one-speed Hawthorne bike and sped to the drop site at 15th and Knoxville, where 80 or so bundled newspapers awaited me. Thinner editions allowed for Frisbee-style tossing onto front porches, with varying degrees of accuracy. I zig-zagged […]