Supporting a Kid by Buying All of His Candy
An 11-year-old sells candy to help his mother replace an unreliable car, and Josh Liljenquist supports the family.
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Hello, would you like to buy some candy? What are you raising money for? To get my mom a new car. And how much candy would you need to sell to buy your mom a new car?
I'm just trying to sell as much candy as I can get. How old are you? I am 11. Where's mom?
She's in the car over there. Can I talk to mom? You need a new car? I do.
Yeah, what happened? Well, I bought this car about 4 years ago and it's been a great car. It's got 215,000 miles on it. With gas prices as high as they are, I'm finding that I'm usually paying about 100 bucks every few days to fill it up.
That's too much. Yeah, and I clean houses. Some of the houses that I clean are 40 minutes away and I'm scared to drive any further than an hour away from home at this point. Wow.
Would you like a new car? Yeah. Who's idea was it to come out here? It was his.
It was your idea? Yeah. Have you sold a lot? Yeah, I haven't sold too many yet.
Well, I have a feeling that might change pretty soon. What would you say if I wanted to buy it off from you? It'd be um $58. You did the math already?
Can I buy it off from you? Yeah. You got a lot of it. Thank you.
There's more than $58 here, but I want to give this to you. Thank you. Thank you. That will go towards getting yourself a new vehicle.
Yeah. Asher, what's your dream? My dream is to be a business owner. I have a feeling that is a very attainable dream.
I mean, you kind of already started, right? Do you have any siblings? I have four sisters. I'm sorry.
Is that tough? I can't imagine. You have five kids? I do.
I mean, do you have a significant other? I don't. You're doing it by yourself? Mhm.
Do you get child support? I have three children from a previous marriage and I do get help from him. I don't get any help from my two youngest girls who are 4 and 6. How do you do it?
Well, the one blessing is that I clean houses and my cleaning clients are so amazing. They treat me like family. They love my girls and they let me bring them with me. Asher, here.
Take the candy back. I don't even want to buy it from you. You can keep it. You You sell it.
You can eat it. It's up to you. I just wanted to support you. Thank you so much.
Thank you. Why are you raising money for your mom? Because I love her. She takes good care of you?
Yeah.