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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up blue collar so I didn't know any teens/20s who never worked 'regular' summer jobs - retail, lifeguarding, babysitting, bussing tables, etc. We did it to earn spending money and contribute to college expenses but also because it was just what we did with our time for better or worse.

Now that I am UMC and live among other UMC families, I have noticed many of the teens/20s only so something outside of school if it's 'professional' - internships, travel, volunteering, summer classes.

Is your goal as a parent for your DC to never have to work a 'menial' job? Is it a new 10%er badge of honor for your DC to never have had to work a job that didn't enrich them or is in line with what they like?

This sounds judgy but it's really not - I'm curious if some parents would find they succeeded if their DC never had to work a nothing-burger job.[/quote]

We don't look down upon menial jobs as one learns from every experience and no job is beneath anyone. However, we didn't want our kids to do any because there are only so many hours in a day and to do well in life, they had to focus on studies, extracurriculars, internships, sports, volunteer work and sleep.

We don't believe in making kids suffer to build character, work ethics or value of money, there are so many other ways to teach them. There is no sense of pride in it, only a satisfaction that we are able to spare kids of struggles by making sacrifices ourselves and not focusing on upgrading our own lifestyle.[/quote]

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