My husband and I are pretty well off to give our kids the luxury of not having to work at a young age. Our 15 year old daughter goes to a private school and gets very good grades. However, she got herself an afterschool job at a fast food place. In our town, that is the only place where it is allowed to hire a minor 15 years of age.We give her money, and pretty much buy her whatever she wants (she doesn’t ask for much). I asked her why she’s working then and she said it’s because she’s bored at home. The poor child comes home at 8:30 pm everyday. And I am honestly a little embarrased that my daughter that comes from a well off family is seen working at a fast food place. Another thing that bothers me is she does not let me spend ANY money on her. My husband is celebrating his 50th birthday next weekend and it’s going to be a huge party. I forcefully took her to a shoe store because I wanted her to buy decent good quality shoes to wear for her father’s birthday. There will be many people there, and I need her to look like part of the family. I picked out a wonderful pair of shoes for her for 700 dollars and she deliberately said she will not let me buy them for her. The heel is pretty high but the shoes suit her well. She said she will not be able to walk in them but they are pretty. I told her that I will buy them for her and she can wear it in the beginning of the party to stand around and she can bring some fancy ballet flats with her when her feet get tired. She said that she will not buy 700 dollar shoes just so she can stand around in them. Her “hero” attitude is starting to annoy me and I believe it is showing disrespect to her father and his status by wearing low quality clothes for his party just because of the cheaper price. Can anyone help me over the embarrasment of what people will think? She’s a great kid….but this is too much.

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