5 Things the Rags to Riches Industrialist Wants You to Hand Out this Year for Halloween

Kids have it too easy these days. With access to free public schools and free wifi they’ve all gone soft and Halloween is part of the problem. I never got a handout just by dressing up in a silly costume and neither should they. What kids need to understand is that we live in a capitalistic society that was built upon hard work and, occasionally, nepotism but mostly hard work. I usually lock the gates to my mansion this time of year but on the 31st of October I’ll be throwing them wide open. There will be no treats however. Instead I’ll be giving the kiddos something much more valuable and I encourage you to do the same for the sake of our great nation.

1. A Nickel

When my grandfather came to this country he only had a nickel to his name. It was a name that was thoughtfully changed to something “less ethnic” by the good folks at Ellis Island but that’s another story. Like any self-respecting young immigrant, my grandfather threw his only nickel into the water so that he could bore everyone about how he started life in the US of A with nothing to his name. This year give those little tykes a nickel so that they can have a story to bore their grandchildren with for years to come but make sure that they throw it back into one of the fountains in your driveway to keep them legit.

2. A Shoe Shine Box

Every good rags to riches story has a shoe shine box and so does my grandfather’s. Upon realizing that he’d thrown his last nickel into the ocean my grandfather did what any young budding industrialist would do and mugged another immigrant child for his shoe shine box! After shining shoes for all of three hours my grandfather realized that shining shoes was for suckers and promptly hired the child immigrant he’d previously mugged at half his daily wages….(to read more just click through to 5 Things the Rags to Riches Industrialist Wants You to Hand Out this Year for Halloween on The Haven!)

About the Author

derekbremer Prior to his life as a stay at home father Derek spent more than a decade performing public relations and marketing functions for financial consulting firms and found the job to be precisely as exciting as it sounds. When not tending to his wife or daughter Derek enjoys subjecting the public to his unique take on fatherhood, travel and animal husbandry. He has been published in Scary Mommy, Sammiches and Psych Meds, The Good Men Project, HowToBeADad, Red Tricycle, RAZED, HPP and the Anthology "It's Really Ten Months Special Delivery: A Collection of Stories from Girth to Birth.