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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am against requiring volunteer hours for graduation. If it’s required, it doesn’t meet the definition of being voluntary. [/quote]

Service. Without Pay. Required or not it is legally volunteer work.[/quote]

I want my kids to actually volunteer of their own free will, not when it’s mandatory to meet a school requirement. Compelling service hours doesn’t inspire the desire to volunteer. In fact, it probably makes kids less likely to volunteer after they graduate. [/quote]

As others have said, most teens won’t take initiative on they’d own to do this. Requirements are good- kids still get to choose what it is they will do/volunteer. They get the benefit of feeling good and looking outside if themselves as kids are inherently (even more so with social media and society today) into themselves and their own perceived troubles. Going and seeing people with actual big issues like lack of food, lack of homes, etc.,, gives them perspective. [/quote]

+1 sure, the school required hours won't always inspire further volunteering, but it conveys that this is something important. It helps if parents support it and model volunteering themselves. My kids' HS didn't require service hours (MS did) but as parents we required that they participate in service with us. It's an important family value.

How many parents who don't model or think service should be required, do require their kids to do a sport or some other activity?[/quote]

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