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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You stop providing things for them that are not the basics and they’ll get a job.[/quote]

At the expense of time to study?   Time in ECs?   Volunteer work?

Are you going to be a happier parent when your 16 year old can't come to Thanksgiving dinner at Aunt Carol's because they have to put in their 4 hour shift at Giant?[/quote]

A job is an EC activity. It’s extra to curricular activity.

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Ok fine.   
At the expense of time to study?   Playing a sport?  Playing a musical instrument/singing?   Performing in a school theater production?  Taking part in a robotics competition?

How happy will you be when your 16 year old has to miss out on family events like birthday parties, Thanksgiving at relative's house, etc. because they have to work weekends/evenings/holidays?[/quote]

My daughter has 2 jobs and has never missed an important family event due to them. She also takes Taekwondo and is in Marching band and is a 4.0 UW GPA student.

Time management matters. That’s why people are saying it’s a good thing. It’s not at the expense of other things, it’s a valuable activity in its own right. I’m not saying all kids have to have a job. I’m just saying that a job can be rewarding in more ways than earning a paycheck. [/quote]

[b]"Time management" has nothing to do with it if your work schedules you to work noon-4 pm on Thanksgiving and the entire family  has dinner at 5 at Aunt Carol's in Scranton.[/b]
Maybe your kid's workplace wasn't open on Thanksgiving, but many of the examples given here (like grocery stores) definitely are.[/quote]
Very much this. If PP's kid doesn't have those constraints but works the kind of job that otherwise requires nights/weekends/holidays, she's getting princess treatment for some reason & her coworkers resent her.[/quote]

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