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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's important for kids-when able- to work, period. It amazes me whenever I go to a fast food type restaurant or something of the like in this area and there aren't any teens working in it. Where do all the teens work in Fairfax  County?
Do they or their parents think they're too good for minimum wage jobs?[/quote]

They don't hire teens anymore.  No more paper routes either.  Or clerks at the drug store.  Safeway will still hire a few for bagging and cart herding. [/quote]

Exactly.  My teen was told he couldn't be hired most places until he turns 18.  Much different from my youth, when I started working summer jobs at age 14.[/quote]

This is just not true.  My kids have worked since they were sixteen.  They love working and saving (and spending!) money, and it has helped a lot with their self confidence.  You just aren't looking in the right places.  Try locally owned restaurants and shops, pools, country clubs, Fairfax County parks.  Even at our Starbucks I see friends' high schoolers working on the weekends. [/quote]

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