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re: Do you make your college aged kids get a job if they come home for summer?
Posted on 6/5/17 at 9:39 am to TheCaterpillar
Posted on 6/5/17 at 9:39 am to TheCaterpillar
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My dad made me do hard labor every summer in different industries to make me understand how hard it is and to make me work harder for a good job indoors. That shite WORKED.
My dad did the exact same thing. I worked as a laborer in the construction industry in nomex suits all summer long. It absolutely worked.
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Posted on 6/5/17 at 9:39 am to MaHittaMaHitta
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You wouldn't let your kid do a non paid internship? You serious?
100%. What's the point?
Posted on 6/5/17 at 9:40 am to ThatMakesSense
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100%. What's the point?
I hated it, but it helped me tremendously in the long run.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 9:54 am to Cosmo
My daughter has taken classes each summer but works in the Chemistry lab getting paid $9 an hour and works about 20 hours a week. I started working for my uncle's company in the chemical plants the summer of my senior year in high school and did that each summer and Christmas break until I finished school.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 10:06 am to Cosmo
The job is the prerequisite for coming home for the summer.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 10:21 am to ThatMakesSense
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100%. What's the point?
Uhh, maybe experience in a field that interests them? Internships are huge on a resume when attempting to land your first job.
What do you think a potential employer would value more:
A. A college student who cuts grass, bartends, or babysits while being paid
or
B. A college student who worked unpaid internships in his/her perspective field
Posted on 6/5/17 at 10:30 am to Cosmo
Make them get an internship, unpaid or paid, if you care about their future and you are capable of supporting them through an unpaid internship. Of course you can't make the kids do anything, but it should be strongly advised. Things that I should have done differently and my parents didn't know to advise me to do.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 10:33 am to ThatMakesSense
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100%. What's the point?
If the company is worth a crap, your young adult can learn more in those 3 months than they do in a year of college.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 11:07 am to Breesus
I read residential water meters, electric meters, and then mowed the parks as my summer job. After a couple of weeks I was ready to go back to college and for summer to end.
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 11:38 am
Posted on 6/5/17 at 11:11 am to Cosmo
If it's an internship, then absolutely. Just to make spending money, no.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 11:14 am to Breesus
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College aged? I started bagging groceries at 15 after school, weekends, holidays, and summers. And I mowed yards in the neighborhood before that. I don't have a gap on my resume since I was 15.
Same here. I lifeguarded during the summer until my freshman year of college, then worked part time in a HVAC supply house during school and full time during the summer until I quit to take an internship the summer before I graduated.
I did take my last semester off, though but I made enough money to pay my bills and enjoy my last semester. .
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 11:15 am
Posted on 6/5/17 at 11:14 am to Cosmo
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This post was edited on 6/23/17 at 11:57 pm
Posted on 6/5/17 at 11:27 am to Cosmo
My son is working on a ranch right now and he is 16. Yes, he will work on school breaks.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 11:28 am to Cosmo
Yes. And I make them work part time while in college.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 11:30 am to Cosmo
My post was just dumb
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 11:38 am
Posted on 6/5/17 at 11:37 am to Pitch To Johnny
First summer I had a job, but eventually quit as the hours did affect school. We closed at 3 a.m......it was miserable. Parents never forced me to work after that.
Next summer I lived at the hunting camp since they closed the frat house down for the summer and there were no jobs around. But I lived for free.
Next summer was an internship
After that, it was smooth sailing F**k off time. Boy do I miss that time. Take a 1 hour lab and just do jack shite all summer.
Next summer I lived at the hunting camp since they closed the frat house down for the summer and there were no jobs around. But I lived for free.
Next summer was an internship
After that, it was smooth sailing F**k off time. Boy do I miss that time. Take a 1 hour lab and just do jack shite all summer.
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 11:41 am
Posted on 6/5/17 at 11:37 am to Epic Cajun
Here are a couple things I learned since my father made me work since I was 15. He didn't do it the right way and when I have kids, I'll make sure it's done the right way.
How your kids view money is determined between the ages of 14-17. If your kids trying to stretch every dollar, spend everything or are they learning to save efficiently?
I worked for cash- spending money to hang out with friends, etc. I made my dollars stretch to live that teenage lifestyle I wanted: car, gas, insurance, cheap beer, etc.
Well, those habits carried over to college and then professional, etc. I'm just now starting to break those habits.
Working in highschool should be about one thing--learning to make, manage and spend money.
Working in college should be about two things: paying bills and getting experience. If you can't get a part time job doing both, then you're not doing it right.
Waiting tables is a waste of time as a college student. There are paying part time jobs with companies that will allow you to work.
Even the college will hire you professionally part time if you're in IT, engineering, etc.
How your kids view money is determined between the ages of 14-17. If your kids trying to stretch every dollar, spend everything or are they learning to save efficiently?
I worked for cash- spending money to hang out with friends, etc. I made my dollars stretch to live that teenage lifestyle I wanted: car, gas, insurance, cheap beer, etc.
Well, those habits carried over to college and then professional, etc. I'm just now starting to break those habits.
Working in highschool should be about one thing--learning to make, manage and spend money.
Working in college should be about two things: paying bills and getting experience. If you can't get a part time job doing both, then you're not doing it right.
Waiting tables is a waste of time as a college student. There are paying part time jobs with companies that will allow you to work.
Even the college will hire you professionally part time if you're in IT, engineering, etc.
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 11:39 am
Posted on 6/5/17 at 11:57 am to NYNolaguy1
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If they want spending money to go drinking it's not coming from me.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 12:00 pm to Cosmo
Both of mine do. I can gurantee they're not swiping my credit card all summer long while sucking in the A/C.
But, they also have jobs in school because I unfortunately don't have a money tree growing in the backyard.
I pay for tuition and tell them to maintain a 2.5 (which is very easy) and it's paid for. If not, next semester is on them. So far, so good for 4 semesters now.
But, they also have jobs in school because I unfortunately don't have a money tree growing in the backyard.
I pay for tuition and tell them to maintain a 2.5 (which is very easy) and it's paid for. If not, next semester is on them. So far, so good for 4 semesters now.
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