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[quote=Anonymous] I did those sorts of jobs in high school too. I agree that I'm glad my kids aren't limited by the need to earn money in how they spend their summers, but I do think some balance is ideal -- mine is now graduating high school, and I am hoping he will find some paying summer work. I did learn some useful life lessons in those jobs -- negotiating over work schedules, understanding a pecking order of seniority in the workplace, learning how being a really good employee could improve ones status in the workplace, and even dealing with unfairness and some inappropriate behaviors. Before senior year, he did two different academic-oriented programs for high-school students on two different college campuses in different parts of the country -- both of which he loved -- in addition to the usual required summer work for APs, as well as some college tours at both the beginning and end of the summer. It was a busy summer, but not overwhelming. [/quote]
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