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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just being honest, the rich doctors and lawyers I know with perfect kids don't make them work during the school year. It's the middle class schmucks whose kids will crawl into state colleges that work and blow all their money on weed, beer and new shoes.[/quote]

My rich lawyer husband and I are glad that our high school ds wants to have a part time job. He learns the importance of managing his schedule, planning socializing around his job, asking for time off in advance so he can do the things that are important to him, working with his coworkers to trade shifts and help one another out, showing up on time, dealing with all sorts of different personalities and challenges (both customers and coworkers), and learning how to behave with supervisors.

Because he also plays sports, his free time is more limited so he manages his time and his homework much more effectively than he did before he had a job, and he still gets all A's, maybe one B. He is also much less likely to want to buy things that aren't worth the money he knows he worked hard to earn himself.

I did worry a bit that he wouldn't have time for a job, but now that he does, I realize how much time he wasted before.[/quote]

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