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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm assuming everyone who thinks the 16 year old should wait would be perfectly content being dropped off at work 2 hours early (or late!) and occupying yourself?  Any lesson he is learning is one we should have already learned, so no problem, right?[/quote]

When I get home from work, I have to cook, clean, take care of kids. So, those 2 hours are precious. What does a 16 yr old boy do with those 2 hours at home?  Study, snack, play on the computer/smart phone.  He can do the same thing at a cushy private school.

Stop comparing kids to adults.  We don't have the same responsibilities. [/quote]

If I were dropped off 2 hours early, it would take away from my other responsibilities at home:  preparing meals, doing laundry, house cleaning, yard work, etc.  I wouldn't sit there pissed because I'm missing out on surfing the internet, which is what OP says her son would do.  I'd be annoyed because I have a ton of house work to do.  Her son presumably has homework to do on a daily basis and can use those three hours in which to do it.  Plus, given that this is a private school, the library probably has computers with internet access.  So he can still do exactly what he would have done at home (with the exception of visiting any inappropriate websites, though hopefully he wouldn't be doing that at home).  All of you people saying that these responses are "cold and unfeeling" have yet to respond to these facts.  You're just emotionally reacting and it's, frankly, silly.[/quote]

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