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This is [[Truth in Television]], as sometimes parents want the children to get work experience or earn money for the family since they are unable to.

* [[Birdy the Mighty]]: {{spoiler|After everyone in her family/household is dead, to causes both related and unrelated to the plot, Sayaka}} is sent to work on a farm with relatives.

 

== Film ==

* In the 2006 film ''[[The Ultimate Gift]]'', one of Jason's first "gifts" is the gift of hard work. He is sent to a ranch in the middle of nowhere, to work for a close friend of his grandfather's, until he understands the value of hard work.

== Literature ==

* ''[[Discworld]]'': This is standard practice for dwarfs, who are sent to their already-established relatives in (usually) Anhk-Morpork, learning a trade and sending money home. Others stay in the mines, but there's little connotation of punishment. Carrot Ironfoundersson was sent to join the Watch as he was a human raised by dwarfs.

* ''[[Chronicles of Prydain]]'':

 

== Western Animation ==

* [[King of the Hill]]:

** In one episode, Connie Souphanousinphone, the nerdy Laotian girl next door, is desperate to get a summer internship with Peggy because the alternative is spending the summer on a "family fishing boat in Laos" because her father Kahn thinks it will look good on her college applications.

** In a later episode of ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Connie's badgirl cousin from LA, "Tid Pao" (voiced by Lucy Lui) is punished by being sent to work on her Uncle's ranch, who gives her a stern warning upon arrival:

 

== Real Life ==

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