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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 16yo rising junior does not have a summer job. He's going to a week of space camp,  a week of Scouts camp canoeing in Minnesota, a week of family vacation, and then starts his fall sport practice on July 31. In between time will be hanging with his friends or working on his Eagle project.

DCUM seems to think all teens should have a summer job by age 14.[/quote]

The world doesn't care that your 16 yo has a job or doesn't have a job. And yeah, camps and sports are great. However, there *are* lessons to be learned from actual employment that you don't get from activities that parents pay money for. It's a fundamentally different outlook between "the kid is here to add value to the business" vs. "we, the business, exist to serve the kid."

I'm not saying he won't be successful later. I'm not saying he won't eventually learn these skills whenever he is in the working world. But I'm saying that there are important lessons to be gained from working, and getting those at 16 can be distinctly advantageous. [/quote]

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