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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]

She'll have a lifetime to work. Sad that she's missing out on just being a kid. [/quote]
It's sad that getting your first job is no longer considered part of being a kid (/teen). My first job as an ice cream scooper was so formative and where many of my best teenage memories were formed. My daughter (who graduated from college two months ago) also has discussed many times over the years that her first job (as a concessionaire at a movie theater) was an integral part of her high school experience and taught her so many life lessons. It was work but it was also fun. She is still friends with many of the people from the "movie theater crew."

I guess I don't understand why you think being a kid and having a job are mutually exclusive? [/quote]

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