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[quote=Anonymous]This is an interesting topic, OP. I have a different perspective.

I grew up Middle Class but attended a very expensive prep school on a scholarship. I made money as a teen through babysitting gigs, though my parents limited how much I worked because school came first. We had all of our needs covered, but my parents never gave us spending money so any eating out or movies or unnecessary clothes came out of my earnings. I noticed, though, that very few of my classmates had jobs at all. During the school year, they were 100% focused on school and extra-curriculars and during the summer they often traveled with family or, as you mentioned, had interesting internships.

Fast forward to now in our upper middle class DC suburb, I am surprised by how many people push their kids into retail type jobs, focusing on the benefits and virtues over the child's academics or career-oriented goals.

I worked out of necessity and, even then, as little as I could. It really surprises me to see kids working at Target for many hours per week.  I am not sure the benefit outweighs the downside.[/quote]

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