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Nobody ever told. \n\n\n\nWhen I became a father, I did want respect, not fear, from my children.  When they got to the age when they were allowed to walk to school or stay over at a friend's house, I made a deal with them.  I thought long and hard about it but before going through my deal with my kids, let's look at what others are doing: \n\nSome parents today share their strategies on line, one such parent told her kids that parents always know if the kids are sleeping or not because if a child is really sleeping, and you lift their arm up, it will stay up.  They can now be sure if the child is asleep or not - not sleeping if the child's arm stays in the air.  \n\nAnother mom, told her kids at a young age that parents know when a child is lying because a red dot shows on the kids' foreheads when they lie.  Only parents can see the dot, but it is always visible when a lie has been told.  Thus, the children would always cover their foreheads when they are lying.  \n\nLike the smoking example my mother gave me, I did not think it was good to lie to my kids in order to drive home the lesson of honesty.  \n\n\n We talked about honesty and how it is the best policy.   They agreed.   I went through some examples and the problem that come from lies.  It could cause mom and dad to fight because each has a different story.  Teachers can be hurt if  the parent has the wrong information going into a school conference.  \n\n I laid out the deal and we shook on it.  If  you are ever in trouble or have done something wrong.  I want you to come to me and tell me about it so that I can help you.  If you do that before things get out of hand, I promise that there will be no punishment - no matter what.\n\n### What did **not** count\nLet's say you steal something and get hauled into the manager's office.  The police were called and now I go to pick you up - bail you out - there will be a punishment.   Technically, the police told me first and you are out of luck.  If something has been damaged, the damage will be the one who told me.  No deal!\n\n\nIt has to be a situation where no damage has occurred and you have not been accused of something wrong **in order to count.**\n\nMy kids tried the truth of the deal on me over the years and they were always happy they had told me the truth.  I have **two examples**of this deal in force: \n\nThe first was very positive for me and it parallels something that happened to me when I was young.  The second one also does the same but in a different way.\n\n### First\nRecently, my middle son came home with the news that his girlfriend is pregnant.  She is the little princess of her family and he was very worried about his future father-in-law but begged me not to tell anyone.  I talk a lot and that is difficult for me, but I promised and did not say a word to anyone.    I successfully kept it all to myself and he was coming over quite often to talk and I gave ear.    He is too old for me to dish out punishments, but he was still glad he came to me.  I was very supportive and remained positive throughout the entire ordeal.   I warned that couples normally do not share that information until well along during a pregnancy and they did wait until the third month to tell her father and my youngest who still lives with me.  Near the end of the third month and after many prenatal visits to the doctors, she lost the child.  I had said the reason why people do not tell everyone until later on was to avoid making things worse if  something goes wrong.  Sadly, that is what happened.  \n \nThe above para graph was not going to be written, but when my boy stopped by and saw me writing, he suggested I use his situation as an example.    We both agree that we got a lot closer having gone through it together.   \n\n### Second\n\nDownstairs in the garage, I have a new vehicle with only 1,000 miles on it.  It is not mine but I drive it.  That is another \"trato\" that I will be covering one of these days.  I am the only one with keys to this vehicle.  The owner and  I were both at the dealership when he bought it.  The keys that he got went right into my hands.  They are the only ones in existence.   I don't use it much, only weekends when traffic is not so bad here in the city.   I remember having 30 miles on the tripometer last I parked it a few weeks ago.   I looked one day when I went down to take it to the car wash, it was showing 60 and I had the sense that it had been moved, though it was turned around and backed in just as I always park it.   When I got the car, I took the opportunity to teach both of my boys who live in this state to  drive stick shift. 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Even the insurance is in his name.  **But,**  (pause) despite all of that, **no punishment**.\n\n<center>![theHonestyDeal.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmULQAWmmSSUVKAZnPRwrBvXwsiMiA2Fqq4MpEMjvupwsy/theHonestyDeal.jpg)</center>\n\n\nMy boys can drive all they want on Sunday mornings, which reduces the risks - the odds are with us when nobody else is on the roads.    I did not need to ask him why he thought this would be a 'good' idea.  You see, when I was 12 years old, I had borrowed my mom's car.  I was already fixing cars.  Tune ups, brake jobs, oil changes, and some electrical work.   If I was old enough to fix them, I was old enough to drive them.  \"Obviously, the law had not figured out that there are kids who are special and uniquely qualified...\" was my reasoning.   \n\nBoth boys heard the stories I told, and had laughed at my crazy childhood.  Now, the littlest one gets razzed for his legal, yet not wise, choice to take out 'the car' we have.  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They then learned that I had obsession with paying my bills on time. I do not even wait for the due date. I pay them as soon as I get them in my hand.\n\nI was essentially handing them a risk free renter falling out of the sky with only one condition, which they also agreed to easily. Here, rental contracts have inflation built into them. Rent goes up at the six month mark of your contract as the paper money gets more and more worthless. By paying the year up front, they had the opportunity to use the money before it lost half of its value due to the passage of time. And I had twelve months to save the lump sum again.\n\nNow, things have changed as contract build thirty to fifty percent increases every few months during the term of the lease. Those types of things are coming to The States too if nothing is done about the government's money habits.\n\nI still choose to rent because, without fail, every time I spend solid assets, meaning sell them for paper to \"buy\" something, the asset I held goes double or triple in value (dollar value that is). It would not matter if I rented or bought a place to live. My holdings increase and I find myself looking back and regretting changing them into paper. I regret spending the money. Renting makes those regrets smaller monetarily.\n\nIf one day I chose to buy a home, I need to be sure that the asset I am cashing out is at its peak in dollars before making that leap. Like that guy who bought the pizza with his coins, not holding on to an appreciating asset is a sin. One that never feels good to have committed.\n\nMy latest rental involves someone I have known for years. I actually got him into crypto coins years ago. 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