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Teenagers and partime jobs... |
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by cookclan  (June 2007) (rank 3rd) |
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With the ages of children being able to get a job dropping it is really an important thing to let them experience what work is all about...There are a few places in Queensland that will hire Children at the age of 13 for a part time job...When one of my kids
approached me to get a job I thought hmm I think he is too young...My thoughts were he was too young and he would be losing his childhood....
Before you go deciding that your child is too young for a part time job think of these things first....
- What was I doing at his age? ( I was delivering pamphlets)
- If he wasn't working then what would he be doing in his spare time? (kids his own age sit at home on the game consoles or are running around the shopping centres making nuisanceses of themselves)
- Do we have the spare money for him to have on occasions when he would like to go to the movies with his mates or shopping or even when he wants that name brand pair of shoes costing $120?( the answer to that is no i think $50 is a fair amount to shoes and it sometimes is not easy to come up with money just like that for the kids)
- Do kids of today have good work ethics when it comes to older kids? ( I don't know how many of Aidans mates have given up their part time jobs because they interferred with their social life)
This is what Ken and I came up with...
John has applied for jobs and we have made some rules with that...He is 14 and in grade 9 so the hours he works out of school can not interfere with his schooling or homework and stuff...His money is his to do with what he likes but he will have an advantage saver connected to his normal account that he can send his savings over to...(it gives a good interest rate if you deposit each month and don't withdraw) once it is in that account it doesn't get withdrawn...He can chose the amount he puts over there...If he wants to buy a brand name pair of shoes or a brand name outfit we will pay what we normally do for shoes and he pays the rest...
So we have let him apply for the jobs he wants and he has been offered a job with red rooster...I am not saying that if your child does not want a job that you force them into doing this but if they do let them try...Let them have a taste of working in the real world...It could be the making of them you never know...
These are just my thoughts and feelings on what we did in our house....thanks for reading....
Have a great day
Cheers
Angie
