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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I bet if you asked the teen she would rather work at the internship and have the week home alone than go in a family vacation! I know I would have [/quote]

Most teens would rather vacation.[/quote]

That's because they don't value work. When I was 16 I got a job and picked up any shift I could. In summer I worked 50 hour weeks because why not. I would rather have money and be out of the house than sitting at home and having to ask my mom for money. Our teenage son brought a friend along on vacation this year who is 18 and doesn't have even a summer job and it's not like his mom is wealthy. But he just doesn't want or have a job. They don't care anymore. Independence isn't the goal for millenials, indefinite support and coddling is. [/quote]

And it's enabled by parents.   Some of the most accomplished kids at my kid's HS will head off to college never having dirtied their hands with a paid job.  Meanwhile, their parents complain all they do is lay around doing nothing during the summer.  Where is the disconnect?  
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Yep. We made ours get a summer job. You cannot be 17/18 and spend all summer doing nothing. It's unacceptable. You work. Especially these boys- they don't seem to understand that they are going to be expected to work for the rest of their lives, support a family. Work is not an option. Letting them shirk it until age 23 does nobody any favors. We have two daughters who will also be expected to work when they become teenagers. Helping your kids develop a work ethic is your job as a parent. Letting them lie around the house developing no skills or sense of independence is just poor parenting. [/quote]

My teen has been "working" whether paid or volunteer since age 13, and her younger elementary school sister also does "jobs" around the home. Parents who raise their kids with the "oh they can work when they are adults just let them be kids now" mentality are doing their kids a huge disservice.[/quote]

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