Does (Or Will) Your Child Have A Part Time Job?

My daughter has been working sense she was 13. First babysitting and last summer she got a job in fast food restaurant. She has been there a year. She works part time during the school year and full time during the summer. She's almost 17. My son has been working sense he was 11 delivering papers. Now he does papers and cuts lawns. He is 13.

I feel it is very important for children to get part time jobs. My oldest who is 18 now was going nowhere when he was 14. He sat in front of the tv and played games all day. He did ok in school, but didn't try. He was not in sports or any activities. So I told him to go out and find a job. He didn't know where to go, so I took him to the local pizza shop. They first hired him to hand out flyers, then dishwasher, then he moved up. He worked there until this year and he ended up being one of the better workers there. They were very sad to see him go. So when my second son was almost 15 and soaking me dry from needing money all the time, I suggested he go to the pizza palor and see if he could get a job. He is very invloved in sports and his studies, but they hired him for Sundays only. They just added Thursday nights too. He now never asks me for money. My 13 yr old wants a job too. He just started working for the neighbor trimming his hedges and mowing lawns. It gives them the responsibility and accountablility with their money.

when my son turned 16 i told him that he had to get a part time job. he need to know that money doesn't grow on trees and earn his own money. i told him he had three months to do so and in three months he did it. it has been over a year and his is about to graduate HS. he is doing so wonderful. he has been putting away $20 away a week to go towards his graduation, and money into his saving account. i think they should work. and feel that wonderful feeling of making their very own money.

yes i will let her have one. mine is only 8 but when she gets 16 the no problem she can have one atleast it keeps them out of trouble.

Personally, I feel that doing part time job is good for teenage as it helps to let them understand a little more about the working world! Before they really start a full time job and meeting the ends in the future to come.

I won't require my child to and I hope that finances make it where they don't have to during the school year. I think teenagers need to have time for extracurricular activities and sports. And then just hanging out with friends. They don't need to give up everything for money. That is what I did because my parents made me pay for everything and it just wasn't worth it.

i do want my child to have a job, too, this summer....we have the same conditions at our house to keep grades up and not fall back on chores, and he can keep the job even during the school year. my son is 15 right now.

I think when they ask for one is appropriate. My son used to go for errands for the neighbours, and put out trash for extra spending money at 10, then he got a paper route at 12

My children all had part time jobs at 15. They each started at a grocery store as bag boys (my daughter was a cashier). My oldest worked there until leaving for college. My others didn't like that work and went on to be servers at Bob Evans. The job has never interferred with their schoolwork. Should it ever interfere I would make them stop! I didn't make them work, they wanted to! I am glad becasue since they started working for money they sure have changed their attitudes about what things cost and what is worth the money and what isn't!

My kids are 7 and 9 and are small enough at the moment that they can easily handle their chimney sweeper duties in relative comfort...LOL. I think it's a good thing for kids to have a part time job, so long as it doesn't interfere with school. I certainl;y won't force my kids to have a job but would like to see them go that route.

I got my first job when I was 11. I started working in a family restaurant with my mom. I plan on my children getting a part time job as well. I am not sure at what age I will allow them to get one. I guess it will depend on the child and how well they are able to coop with everything. I think that its a good learning lesson for them to have a part time job before they leave school.

My son started working when he was around fifteen by babysitting, tutoring and giving guitar lessons. He got his first real paying job when he was seventeen by working in a sleep away camp as a junior counselor. Now he is going back this year as a senior counselor. He did work at a store during the holidays, but he had to put in so many hours that after a few months he asked if he could quit because of school and I of course said yes. My fifteen year old daughter hasn't had a job yet, but she wants one so she can earn money for shopping so maybe this summer she will look for something, but like you, it cannot interfere with school in the fall.

I'd say 14 is probably the youngest I would let my kids get a part time job, but only if it didn't interfere with their schoolwork. As long as they are responsible and able to keep up the school work I wouldn't have a problem with it. If they were exhausted all the time though, I would hope they would want to quit and just do the school and after school activities if they have any.

A job can give kids a sense of worth.It's worth exploring as long as doesn't interupt school or cause problems.It has advantages like learning skills and earning money and better than them hanging out at the mall or at home playing games all day.

I don't think it is the age so much as whether your child is responsible enough or not to hold down a part time job. Not all kids are. A child would have to show me that they are responsible by accepting certain responsiblities at the house. When school started back up if the grades start to decline than I would have to have a talk with the child and explain to them that school is more important and since the job is affecting the school work that the job has got to go. I don't have kids at home now but I did have a child who is now grown and has a family of his own.