Comments by "Debany Doombringer" (@debanydoombringer1385) on "Mike Rowe solves mystery of 11 million open jobs" video.

I grew up around welders, truck drivers, etc. Of course I told my kids I hoped they could find a job that wasn't back breaking labor, but I also told them if they enjoyed working with their hands a trades job was probably best for them. I never said those were "bad" jobs or "less than" jobs like I saw a lot of parents do. I wanted then to pick what was best depending on their interests. My oldest now works in a tire factory making more than most of his friends at 22 and I have no issue with it. The only thing I asked was he give college a try. He did, he didn't like it so he's making decent money with an amount of college debt he can pay off in a couple of paychecks.
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