Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I own a small business, the sort which has positions that are frequently recommended for teen summer jobs. But I'm sorry, we never ever hire high school kids. There are just too many adults who have to provide for families who are desperate for these "no skill" jobs (even if they are educated) and do them well.
Your assumption is alarming to me. I am a 37 yr old woman. Single, no kids. No family to support.
When I was 15 my dad lost his job and any money my sister or I earned went to the family as a whole, to pay things like the phone bill, groceries, gas, etc. When people asked what I did with all the money I earned, I always happily replied, "Shopping at the mall!" I would have died before admit we were scrambling to pay bills. My parents didn't tell anyone my dad had lost his job and we were living off unemployment. I didn't suddenly lose the Gap clothes I'd had and start wearing shabby clothes. We didn't sell my jewelry for money. Nobody could tell from the outside.
You have NO WAY of knowing whether kids are working because their parents are forcing them to in order to build character, to save up for an Xbox, or because their family needs the money.
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