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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for all the replies.

I totally agree with most of it. First, I'm extremely proud of his initiative. He did all the flyer creation, advertising, and has totally kept to the safety issues we discussed. (No indoor work for people that aren't at least friends of friends) This particular situation was created because he took on all the communication with prospective "clients" on his own. Which, I think, was a very good thing.

My instincts are normally much more hardline than my husbands'. So, yeah, my first reaction was that if he wants to do this, he needs to get himself there. DSS had assumed his dad would drive him, or he wouldn't have taken the job. (Which I understand, it's a pretty big commitment - basically 2 hours start to finish for 8 days in a row, for $40 total)

I really don't think DSS thought through the fact that if his dad is driving him, we are doing pretty much just  as much work as he is (since taxi duties have been provided without complaint his entire life!)

Anyhow, I have agreed to stop by there on the way back from camp (DSS is also working as jr counselor), but I'm not going to do special trips. DH has agreed to either insist that DSS bikes (which is not going over well) or drive him without complaint. And DSS has agreed to run logistics of any outside walking distance jobs by us before accepting!

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