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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You stop providing things for them that are not the basics and they’ll get a job.[/quote]

At the expense of time to study?   Time in ECs?   Volunteer work?

Are you going to be a happier parent when your 16 year old can't come to Thanksgiving dinner at Aunt Carol's because they have to put in their 4 hour shift at Giant?[/quote]

A job is an EC activity. It’s extra to curricular activity.

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It’s not 1990, folks. A crappy part-time retail job isn’t helping your kid get into a good college. Sorry to disappoint.[/quote]

My DH sits on a committee to hire college interns and he says they often pass on applicants who've never had any job history. I'd be embarrassed to submit a resume at age 20/21 with no employment history at all. [/quote]

Same. I conducted interviews for a Big 4 firm, and they basically didn’t hire people who didn’t work. ANY job counted. McDonald’s. Camp counselor. Tractor supply store. Whatever.

You had to be beyond spectacular to get hired if you didn’t work.[/quote]

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