Emmett with his loving mom and dad.

Father Teaches His Son a Life Lesson About Earning Money

Every parent wants nothing more but a good future for their children. So as early as possible they teach them to work hard and earn their own money for the things they want in life. 

Just as these parents did for their son.

Emmett wanted to sell snow cones to earn more money.

6-year-old Emmett wanted to have a bike, but his father didn’t want to give it to him that easy, so he came up a clever idea. He told his son that he needed to earn the money himself. 

Emmett brought out some old toys and stuffed animals together and put them out for sale. He ended up making $70 that single day. It was enough to get his bike.

Emmett and his dad playing in a local gaming zone.

The next day, the father and son happened to be walking around Sam’s Club and saw a snow cone machine. Emmett asked if they could get that instead of the bike so he could start his own business and make more money.

Emmett’s Snow Cones

His parents discussed if they would allow their son's request, and eventually, they agreed. But on one condition – he had to sell snow cones for at least one hour every Saturday.

“His first time out he made $12, then $17, then $25 and he’s been hovering around there ever since.” And just like that Emmett started his business with only a bag of ice and three flavors", his father said. 

Emmett with his supportive parents.

Emmet now has 21 flavors and has been invited to local events to sell his snow cones.

His father also made sure that Emmett is responsible for tracking his supplies and knowing when he needs to buy more, spending the money for all future flavor purchases, repaying them for the other half of the snow cone machine, and paying ‘taxes’.

Emmett  is studying karate.

Emmett is planning to save his money for college, but little did he know that his so-called "tax money" is already going into his college fund!

Emmett tells his parents that he wanted to be a library teacher and a karate teacher. He loves to read and he is currently a purple belt in his karate class, so it definitely makes sense to us why he gravitates to those professions.” Emmett’s father Jered said.

Emmett’s Snow Cones booth

“We would like our son to follow his passions in the future. Our only expectation for him is to grow up to be a good person who contributes to society", his father added.

Way to go Emmett!!! 

“Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.”

- Robert A. Heinlein