13 September 2006

Parents, homework and motivation

A Dauphin County Pennsylvania woman has pleaded guilty to drug charges after being accused of smoking pot with her 13 year old son in order to reward him for doing his homework. According to the York Daily Record "the boy said his mother told him smoking marijuana would help him forget about his father, who is in prison for selling crack cocaine".

This has highlighted problems with my upbringing. I generally did my homework without any prompting. I confess to having been a bit of a nurd. Clearly I should have held out for appropriate enducements. (I probably would have settled for a Schlitz!)

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