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[Major]

Originally Posted by songkrai

Please list all of the ways school kids can get on the "dole".

Please be specific.

1. Living with parents who have no expectation for their children to work. As mentioned above, my children (26 and 22) were anomalies with respect to their friends, many of whom never worked until after their first year of college, if at all.

[The Real BigGuy]

Originally Posted by Major

1. Living with parents who have no expectation for their children to work. As mentioned above, my children (26 and 22) were anomalies with respect to their friends, many of whom never worked until after their first year of college, if at all.

My dad had a different philosophy. he grew up in Brooklyn, NY IN THE 20’s & 30’s and worked (including the Army during WW2 & putting himself thru college) every day until he passed away. I wanted to get a job burning high school and he didn’t want me to. He told me, “You are going to be working the rest of your life. I want you to enjoy being young.”


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[Major]

Originally Posted by The Real BigGuy

My dad had a different philosophy. he grew up in Brooklyn, NY IN THE 20’s & 30’s and worked (including the Army during WW2 & putting himself thru college) every day until he passed away. I wanted to get a job burning high school and he didn’t want me to. He told me, “You are going to be working the rest of your life. I want you to enjoy being young.”


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I'm not going to criticize the approach. Every case is different. You were obviously mature enough to handle it and to appreciate the gift your dad gave you. However, I will mention that there is a certain amount of dignity in work. Also, the pride of doing a job well can give a young person self confidence.

[The Real BigGuy]

Originally Posted by Major

I'm not going to criticize the approach. Every case is different. You were obviously mature enough to handle it and to appreciate the gift your dad gave you. However, I will mention that there is a certain amount of dignity in work. Also, the pride of doing a job well can give a young person self confidence.

I agree with you. Developing that self confidence transfers to everything you do thru your life. There are a lot of kids that never earn it and, unfortunately it effects their lives negatively. I was lucky that I had other avenues to go down to build it when I was in my formative years.


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