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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up blue collar so I didn't know any teens/20s who never worked 'regular' summer jobs - retail, lifeguarding, babysitting, bussing tables, etc. We did it to earn spending money and contribute to college expenses but also because it was just what we did with our time for better or worse.

Now that I am UMC and live among other UMC families, I have noticed many of the teens/20s only so something outside of school if it's 'professional' - internships, travel, volunteering, summer classes.

Is your goal as a parent for your DC to never have to work a 'menial' job? Is it a new 10%er badge of honor for your DC to never have had to work a job that didn't enrich them or is in line with what they like?

This sounds judgy but it's really not - I'm curious if some parents would find they succeeded if their DC never had to work a nothing-burger job.[/quote]

Not necessarily!!! It’s very reflective of family values. My neighbors across the street live in a 3M home, both doctors, their college aged daughter spends her summer babysitting and working as a lifeguard when she is home from college and has completed any internships!! Their son “works” as well- he buses tables at a local restaurant and walks dogs. Both kids seem to like having their own spending money and I love the values that imbues!! Our other friends live in an incredible community out in Middleburg and their high school age son is a handyman in their neighborhood, he works at the local Mathnasium as a tutor and also power washes, washes windows and more for extra cash. It depends on the family!!! [/quote]

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