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Is it me or do you think that teenagers should get summer jobs to fund their lifestyle?

Is it me or do you think that teenagers should get summer jobs to fund their lifestyle?


Created By on 17/07/2014

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Lesley
22nd Dec 2015 12:46:01
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It would be good if they could. But for insurance purposes most places won't take on anyone under the age of 16. I started a saturday job when I was 12 and it was great having my own money. But part time jobs are like gold dust nowdays, even without the age limit
JonV6
21st Oct 2015 17:20:16
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I agree with you whole heatedly. Parents should provide be affectionate but only provide the minimum for the child needs to survive and not go into foster-care. If they want anything further than that they should be prepared to earn it through honest means.
Amateureye
23rd Aug 2015 09:46:38
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Teenagers get a summer job to fund their lifestyle? That's a novel thought. When I was a boy of 12 I got my first morning paper round going out every day seven days a week. Okay I got Christmas and my two weeks holidays off. By the time I was 13 I also had a evening round which was six days a week and did this right up till I was 14.1/2 I used to earn £1.10 shillings over the week for the two rounds. Out of the money I earned 1 pound used to go into the family kitty which left me 10 shillings for myself. Then I came in from school one day(it was a Thursday) to be presented with a pair of white overalls and told you've left school now and you are becoming a painter and decorator and you are starting work on Saturday two weeks later not yet 15 years old I came through the door with my first pay packet with £3.10 shillings. I was greeted by my mother who asked for the pay packet where she removed £2.10 shillings for my board and lodgings and give me my pay packet back with a pound left in it to spend on what I like which is the lesson my parents were teaching me, that I shouldn't expect anything in life unless I worked for it. So to your question my answer would be yes it teaches children a valuable lesson that if you want things in life you have to work to get them.

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