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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure there is much societal value in making your teen take a min wage menial job for a short term if your long-term goal is for them to be a professional in a cushy office job like the one you have. At worst, they are taking a job from someone who can't do anything else to earn a living.

I think it would be better to set them to the task of making money for themselves, which could include getting a menial job, but also allows for self-employment like walking dogs or tutoring. Learning to find clients is a skill worth developing.[/quote]

[b]Love this “if your long-term goal is for them to be a professional in a cushy job just like you!”  Is that what’s happening?[/b]  Parents are making the long-term goals for their children?   Plus what a parent might think is a cushy job might be soul crushingly boring to their kid.

It’s smart to encourage a kid to make some of their own money.   Let them pursue what type of summer job they might like.  If the kid has any intelligence they will get a decent summer job making more than minimum wage.   Those jobs are out there for the go getters.  [/quote]

Let's be honest. The only reason people are pushing their kid to work at McD's for a few months is so that they can put it on their college apps, so they can get into a better college than their parents, so they can then get into a good law school, so they can get a good internship, so they can get a job at a good law firm or a federal agency, so they can sit in an office and make enough money to have kids of their own who will continue the cycle of upper middle class living. If menial labor jobs did not convey "grit" to admissions officers and make them lean toward "yes," this thread would not exist.

But a single mother with no skills could be flipping those pink goo patties instead. Charlotte who is heading to GU to continue her parent's legacy could just as easily tutor math to neighborhood kids and make better money, and still show "grit" by way of being her own boss. [/quote]

I disagree.  It's more the perception of what's normal for teens to be doing.

I live in flyover country.  Kids here work for spending money and college money and because their parents did.  Nobody near me is doing it so they look better for college apps.  I can see how that might work for DMV privileged kids though.  [/quote]

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