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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why I’m a fan of required community service. Sure, for some kids it’s just a box they check with the most minimal effort they can muster. But for others, it’s the push they need to get involved in something they end up really caring about. My kids work with a neighborhood organization that provides food and health services to others in the local community. They both continued volunteering after satisfying their school requirement. Beyond the general positive experience of helping others, they’ve also built skills in food handling and customer service that they can include on their resumes as they pursue paid jobs.

I don’t know whether my kids would have gotten involved with this organization if not for the school service requirement. But I’m so glad they did and believe it’s had real benefits for them, as well as the organization they’re serving. [/quote]

+100

It’s good for teen’s mental health too [/quote]

So are many things…yet schools don’t require you to join a student club, participate in a music/arts EC, play a sport (I know some privates do), etc.

Those are also great for mental health.[/quote]

Things you do solely for yourself have a different impact on your brain than things you do for others.[/quote

Not if you are required and reluctantly pick some random community service where you are just waiting for it to be over.

BTW, many NPOs regret taking HS kids as well for the exact same reasons.[/quote]

Honestly, what point are you trying to make? Teens shouldn't do community service? That's ridiculous. You seem to be going out of your way to make a good thing seem like a bad thing. Why? Because your kid didn't do it?[/quote]

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