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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Make sure they are working jobs beginning at 16 years of age.[/quote]

This is huge.

I do not understand parents who say "My child needs to study". No, your child can do both. And yes get straight A's.  It is called important life skills. Like reading a paycheck, paying taxes etc... [/quote]

That's fuked up. I didn't work and I have a great job, my own house, I go on vacations. I'm married, have kids.

The most important thing for a child is the parent to give so much praise, help your kids self esteem.
My mom was single mom and she was caring and so we were. Now I helped my mom and gave her 20k for something.[/quote]
I think the ability to balance school and work is an indicator of future success as an adult. It also exposes kids to different types of people, career possibilities [/quote]

Sure, but so does balancing school and a sport, or school and playing an instrument, or school and volunteering. The main reason kids are less likely to have jobs now is that they are more likely to already have after school activities that take up a lot of time, and the benefits of those activities are usually much higher than making minimum wage somewhere. Sometimes activities and jobs dovetail (lifeguarding, teaching intro ballet at your ballet school, tutoring writing in addition to the school newspaper) which can be a good way to earn money while also furthering an interest and skill building. But I don't expect my kid to wait tables on top of everything else. It's not that important if an experience.[/quote]

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