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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know I'm going to get flamed for this, but I do see the OPs point as someone who worked though my teens. I worked in restaurants and retail stores and honestly I did not learn much that is at all relevant to my work today. Those places want you to follow the procedures to the tee, be pleasant to customers. It's all about blindly following the rules where as most of us here today are knowledge workers and leaders. Also, even though I was exposed to drugs and teen pregnancies and stuff at my public high school, the amount Of drugs (and alcoholism) in the restaurants where I worked was really high. there were many high school kids who got into that stuff when I was working there. I'm not talking about just pot, I'm talking about everything from ecstasy to coke to heroin to crack.

Having said that I will probably encourage my kids to find a job but will probably encourage office jobs or internships. [/quote]

No flames here. I totally agree. And, to boot, I'll add that in my experience as a teen who worked in restaurants, cleaned hotel rooms, worked in fast food, many managers treat the teens like garbage.  And, I was repeatedly groped by older men and cat-called.

I learned next to no life skills that helped me in education or the career I have.  And, it make me miss out on a lot of opportunities (sports, clubs) that my friends had time for.

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