Quote Originally Posted by adrianh View Post
They could become master drug dealers, genius computer hackers

And this is a problem, how? If it wasn't for many genius computer hackers, then you wouldn't have had internet

A cracker, and a hacker is not the same thing. We hack computers on a daily basis in our industry to make life easier for everyone else. No offence, but I think you need to look at this one differently

Back the to the topic though, I also like the idea of giving a child a "basic allowance" and then teach him / her to work for more. My brother-in-law has 4 children (eldest about 8, youngest 3), lives on a farm outside Pretoria and has taught his kids entrepreneurship. Well, for the 3 elder ones at least. They each farm with something and have learned to trade, even with other people in the area. So far they're doing well.