My husband and I have been arguing about something for several weeks. We need the opinion of an unbiased outsider.
Our son is 17. He wants to work in a shopping mall after school and on weekends. Several of his friends are employed there. They make only a few dollars an hour. We are upper-middle-class people. Our son gets an allowance and does not need to work. I’m opposed to his taking this job because his grades are only fair and if he works they will get worse.
His father says our son needs the discipline that a job will provide, plus it will teach him how to handle money. He keeps reminding me that he worked at various jobs after school starting when he was 14, and they prepared him for a successful career. Which one of us is right?
