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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worked my way through college.  My grades and social life suffered.  It all turned out okay for me but  I really wish my parents were able to provide for me so that I could advance my career rather than wait tables for so many hours.  I'm now a scientist and have students volunteering in my lab over the summer. These kids are getting so far ahead of where I was at their age not having to worry about earning money.  If you can do this for your kids I would and I will for my son.  I think taking advantage of career promoting internships still instills values of hard work but much more intellectually engaging.  That being said you want to make them stick to a reasonable budget and if they spend more than that they go without - like in the real world.  [/quote]

Good post.

I have one major gripe against the “kids today have it soft” types.  They do not see the big picture and they think that their way is the only way to teach work ethic, accountability and responsibility.

Like it or not, the competition for lucrative professional opportunities right out of school and for spots in top graduate schools is fierce – much more so than when I graduated from college 25 years ago

But let these folks tell it, it is more valuable for their DC to wait tables for change at TGI Fridays than it is for them to be a volunteer research lab assistant or a student volunteer at a non-profit tied to their major.  Truth be told, those non-paying positions are extremely helpful experiences and can lead to tremendous academic and professional opportunities.  I had minimum wage paying jobs in college, but my first REAL job out of school was facilitated by a professor that engaged me to do voluntary research for a book he was writing.

My college DD is an RA (so she gets free room and board) but we also insisted that she work part time in something tied to her major – even if that position is unpaid. 
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