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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this is a question of whether OP has built relationships with their neighbors.

The teens in my neighborhood are cleaning sidewalks and driveways for free - of people they know need the help.

These teens know people need help because their parents tell them, and the parents know because people have bothered to create community in the months/years/decades *before* the giant ice storm. [/quote]

This is what we do.  If they are offered money, they know to decline.  They understand one day we may need the help and its about community.  [/quote]

I don't think that makes sense.  I don't agree with the viewpoint that taking money from neighbors is somehow tacky or immoral.  We don't have the financial statements of our neighbors--ours aren't asking for charity or stating they can not pay.

Teens are doing a big help by providing emergency labor that many people are unwilling or incapable of doing.  There are dozens of people writing our neighborhood listserv begging for someone to shovel their driveway/sidewalks, including some noting that a crew of  adult professionals looked at their driveway and the ice and said they were not interested in the job because of how long it would take now that the snow has completely frozen.

If you want to have your kid do this as volunteer work, fine.  I wouldn't ask my kid to do that.  And the community I live in wouldn't ask him to do that.   If you have the money to own a house (which many Americans don't), you can pay for shoveling.  [/quote]

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