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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t say yes every time they ask for something.

Consider making them get a 30-40 hour/week summer job the summers going into 11th, 12th & freshman year of college. And I mean a physical or customer service job, not an “internship.” And yes, they might encounter “bad influences” there. By that age, they need to learn how to handle that sort of thing.[/quote]

I think many of us in the DMV with children in privates and hopefully headed to decent universities know that between sports and challenging academics, the FT summer job isn’t possible…why? Because internships Are important … I would rather our children focus on school, sports, internships and work various self created jobs (tutoring, dog walking, lawn work, etc) …

That said, I agree that working in a service industry preps people to deal with the demands of people and life.

The DMV environment is 
Competitive. Unfortunately that means teens need to work harder academically than many of their parents did to prep for college[/quote]

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