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[quote=Anonymous]This is a foreign world to me because I received financial aid. Working during the summers to help pay for college and books was a given.  All of my friends had some sort of job on-campus working no more than 10 hours a week.  I don't think that having a job working 8-10 hours would derail someone that was planning on focusing on school.  The challenge if you wanted your daughter to work during the school year is the lack of non work study jobs on campus.  I talked to my DH and he said that it was tough to find ones his freshman/sophomore year and he had jobs like front desk in the dorms.  He had to work odd hours but in the later years he could find jobs in his department that were normal hours. He also worked summers.

Personally, I would want my child to work during the summers for spending money.  Having my child make decisions about how to spend disposable income that she earned (sometimes it is a different choice if money is given) is an important life lesson. Also, being in a work environment with a boss and co-workers, and employee responsibilities is an important transition. It is a different dynamic with parent/child or even with student/teacher/peers than boss/co-worker/employee.  IMHO the best time to learn these real world lessons is while in college when you have classes,room and board covered versus post college when theoretically you are own your own to pay for everything.

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