Braided Money Tree

G. G. asked:


The plant has never been outdoors since I bought it and it just stays on the top shelf of my desk in my office at work. There are tiny black dots on the underside of the leaves on both sides of the central vein bisecting the leaves. I can’t see any insects or anything moving on the plant but there could be something smaller than observable by the naked eye.

ZAZU

kakapobirdthing asked:


I’ve started giving him about five dollars a week. Australian dollars, that is. He gets about a dollar every time he really helps clean up the house, and when I can see he’s made a real effort. Last week he made his first purchase - he bought a beautiful pot plant for his room with his own money, isn’t that great?
What about your kids and pocketmoney?
I’m giving him pocket money so he can learn how to use definitional power. When we shop, now he can buy things he wants so long as they’re a good choice. An adult has to agree that it’s a good choice. And shortly I’ll teach him that if he spends it on books and fruit, fine; but if he saves it into his bank account, then I’ll match the amount he’s saved.
Cassandra, I agree with the point about external rewards. Money is not the major reward for work, but is is part of the reward. It’s a basic work ethic: you do things you don’t really feel like doing, you get paid.

VEVINA