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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this is a retail thread, but have you all looked into babysitting, dog walking, or mowing lawns? Mowing lawns is the perfect summer job for a teen. I pay babysitters $20-25 an hour and that's pretty standard. It's hard to get a retail job that pays anywhere near that. Also, it's like $75 a night for dog watchers and $25 a walk. My dog is very chill and is a joy to take care of.

Retail has been gutted by the requirements to pay health care and benefits once you hit 40 hours a week. The companies just can't afford it so they keep hours very low.  [/quote]

My high schooler mows lawns and it is very hard to fill up his entire summer.  Many people have lawn services for year round contracts that cover everying from areation, tree trimming and cheimcal application. he can't compete with that. He does have about 6 reliable customers, but it is far from full time.  And if you have a boy, very very hard to get babysitting jobs.[/quote]

Is he putting ads in people's mailboxes/doors? We had a local teen on our street do that and every single house hired him. It was just so refreshing to see a teen looking for work. A local girl babysitter did the same and she was always busy. [/quote]

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