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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My family is spending $50,000 per year per child by the time they are in 2nd grade (tuition, EC, enrichment activities).
Why on God's green earth would I have them wash dishes for a few thousand dollars per summer?
Crappy jobs are not the only place where they can learn work ethic, people skills, compassion, etc.[/quote]

Where are your kids learning those skills? [/quote]

Exactly! It’s ok to not want them to wash dishes and other “crappy jobs” as you wrote, but where are they learning the skills instead?? [/quote]

If you are seriously asking a question, I will seriously answer:  
they can learn work ethic by helping to build a house with Habitat for Humanity;
they can learn compassion by translating for migrants trying to enroll their own children into school;
they can learn people skills by working as a receptionist at my firm and offering coffee and an apology to clients who are pissed that they have to wait 90 seconds to meet me.
And guess what?  In these environments, they won't be sexually harassed or be made to feel stupid because they have a low rank.[/quote]

Take a poll with college students on which job they would prefer for the summer, a cocktail waitress at a summer resort making $500 a night or  sit at a desk all day greeting people for $20 an hour?

You are clueless.  [/quote]

Take a poll with recent college graduates on how many have actual professional jobs.

You are a clueless (in a way that can really damage a young person's prospects in life).  But your point is well taken.[/quote]

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