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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I want my kid to work on his grades not a minimum wage job.  If you need a job for the money that is fine but I do not think its some kind of a huge character builder unless you are actually paying your way through college yourself.    No one wants to eat every meal at the college dinning hall.  You need beer money, gas money, money for clothing, take a girl out to a movie once in a while etc.  I think $100 a week sounds reasonable. [/quote]

I had to pay for all extras myself, worked and went to school full time.  Still was able to hold a 3.5 GPA and I do think it was character building.  I truly appreciated everything I had and knew how to budget my expenses.  I had money to go out and to go back packing in Europe after graduation.  It totally can be done and it can be done successfully.  Don't under estimate your kid.  They can do it.  The kids I went to schoool with who had parents who paid for everything didn't have the same perspective on time and money management.[/quote]

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