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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My family is spending $50,000 per year per child by the time they are in 2nd grade (tuition, EC, enrichment activities).
Why on God's green earth would I have them wash dishes for a few thousand dollars per summer?
Crappy jobs are not the only place where they can learn work ethic, people skills, compassion, etc.[/quote]

[b]Where are your kids learning those skills?[/b] [/quote]

NP, not the PP who everyone is mocking. We're UMC and college DS has never had a hamburger-flipping job. He just went straight to the professional environment jobs / internships in media. law, lobbying and now consulting.

He has a shit ton of grit and excellent people skills, and selective (not universal) compassion.

Places where he learned grit:

backcountry backpacking and camping
graduating from a crazy rigorous, soul sucking school that causes kids to have mental breakdowns
engaging in a dangerous, frustrating hobby for years (think ice climbing or welding)
living with a chronic, managed disease

Places where he learned compassion:
caring for dying relative, including toileting and feeding
caring for his sick and dying pets
holding his dog while his dog died, so that the dog's last image would be the loving face of my DS
protecting his childhood classmate with cognitive deficits from classroom bullies

Working the greasy griddle isn't the only way

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:shock: [/quote]

This is so weird [/quote]

The emoji or the post they were reacting to? The post was very weird.[/quote]

Post was weird I agree [/quote]

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