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[quote=Anonymous]But, going back to the jobs issue, of course they can work in college - we both did, 35 hours a week for me at an Ivy and I did really well.  Lots of time to waste in college.  But all the jobs I worked over the summer at my parents summer place are now taken by adults.

So what about paid work in teenage years (we have done unpaid internships and scout stuff and they are incredibly valuable in terms of education).

If your teens work for money either during the year or over the summers what do they do?  Where? I feel like this is the one experience they are missing.

We are not millenials, we are educated and hardworking (not to say that they are not), but I was female at Biglaw or whatever you all are calling it and got laid off during the recession and perhaps because I was female and already had kids I could not get rehired (I used to be an employment lawyer).  Husband was always a fed - sounds ironic but we wanted to give back to our country.  He obviously is not a lawyer and very employable but he is the one with the most job security right now and because I might get cut under a RIF - last to join, first to go, we cannot risk him changing jobs right now - we need the benefits.

In general we like our lives but are very crowded.  I just hate state and private college tuition right now and don't want my kids in debt.  Otherwise I am pretty sure all but one of them can make their own way. [/quote]

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