I’ll add my perspective as a young alumnus (who was full pay and thus didn’t need to work to cover any expenses). Parents definitely didn’t force any work on me in college and I think a blanket requirement is counterproductive. I don’t think there’d be an issue with refusing to pay for “fun money” (i.e. money spent outside meal plan, housing, school supplies). I did actually end up getting a paid job at Kaplan as a tutor. I’ll say during the summers, your kid absolutely should be doing some sort of job/internship (i mean it’s essentially a requirement now for any career, right?) but for myself as a pre MD/PhD student, being able to work in labs for no pay was absolutely a benefit. As others have said, **I wouldn’t require paid positions because being able to volunteer (i.e. work for free) absolutely opens doors that one might not otherwise have/b