Reply to Job idea for young teens

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Job idea for young teens"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 17 yo has worked 12 hours per week at a grocery store throughout this school year, and 30 hours this coming summer. DC will work there during college breaks next year as well.  Not all jobs in grocery stores go to adults. They just go to people who will make a commitment and be reliable and trainable.

It is the favorite part of DC's week. DC has learned so much.

BTW, we are affluent. And DC could simply be given money by us, but I cannot emphasize enough how important real work has been to self-confidence, independence, skill development, work ethic. There are carry overs to other parts of life and school. DC now has things to put on a resume and has work references. The whole concept of getting direct deposit set up into an account and using a debit/ATM card to get money out has been useful too. The only money in that account is earned money, not gifted. There is a lot of quiet pride for DC with that.

There will be times in the future for DC to be self employed (selling candy...or anything else!) and/or professionally employed outside the home. But there is no replacement for a real job where you work on a team and have a supervisor etc. and that is what DC is learning.

[/quote]

How did he get the job? Did he apply online or in the store? Did a friend recommend him? Did you? [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics