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[quote=Anonymous]I will speak out of 3 sides of my mouth:

1. If you have some connection, use it help your kid get a summer internship.  You do realize that a Summer internship can be 3 months or 1 month...it doesn't matter.  Your kid will list the company and the job and say Summer 2024...it's the fact they have something of "substance" in the area where they want a FT job...I am doing this for my HS kid with a client company.  They have some random projects that are "nice to have"...but they aren't going to pay a FT person to work on them, so they actually lend themselves to a reasonably intelligent, motivated HS or college kid.

2.  I don't understand why everyone feels the need to subsidize their adult children.  Did your parents give you all this $$$ to make a house downpayment, or fund your kids' 529s?

3.  Regarding #2...don't be shocked when your kids are the entitled, lazy Gen Z kids that everyone likes to lambast.  If they are expecting a handout from you, then that is how they will live their lives.  Go check out the Career and Jobs posts.

OP...help your kid get an internship if you can, but also give them a kick-in-the-pants to not expect this all the time.[/quote]

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