Jonathan Kamens 86 47Nov 22
My son has a nascent photography business. He's talented and something may actually come of it. Right now he's storing all of his raw and processed images on our family NAS, which means they're being backed up nightly into the cloud. I just calculated that they're currently about $2 of our monthly backup storage cost, and slowly growing.
Do I charge his business for the storage?
#parenting #finance #gigWork
Yes, it's a low-stakes business lesson
45.2%
No, it's dumb nickel-and-diming
45.2%
Nuance see reply yadda yadda
9.5%
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Show threadWinter Daryl

@jik Charge him. But put it in a piggy bank and give it back to him when the time is right for such a thing.

He gets a cheap business lesson. You get to do something special for him down the road. Win-win.

Nov 22 at 4:27pmWeb
Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47Nov 22
@djwfyi I don't think I see the value in this. If I'm trying to teach him how to run a business then what is the lesson if I just give the money back? Also, the total amount of money involved is ultimately going to be sufficiently small that it doesn't seem worth the hassle to calculate it and charge him every month if I'm just going to end up giving it back.
Show threadWinter DarylNov 22

@jik Fair enough. It was just an idea. It's my plans for my kids when they get to an age I start charging them rent. But that is a significantly different amount than what you're talking about here.

My kids won't know I plan to give it back to them. I'll just surprise them with it when they need it.

Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47Nov 22
@djwfyi 100% a great idea for rent.