Did you make your teen get a job?

[Anonymous 1]

No I haven't. My teens are very involved in extracurriculars and my oldest is dual enrolled. They both help out a lot. My oldest does yard work for people and my youngest babysits.
I'm not in a hurry to push them to become adults.

[KendallsMom]

DD is 17 and hasn't had a job yet. She's too busy with school.

[LuckyEightWow]

My 17 year old has a summer job, he’s actually the only kid to work before 18 and that’s because I could get him on where I worked.

[Anonymous 2]

I didn't make them and I didn't stop them.

[CherryTreez]

My kid have to pay for their own gas and half of the car insurance. If they want a car, then they need to figure out how to get the money. My oldest, got a job at 14. He worked in the summers and school breaks. My dd babysits and makes good money doing it. I don't make them get jobs, but I refuse to help them with gas money.

[carterscutie85]

He wants to when he is old enough but I don't see it going well for him at all. I'll let him in hopes that he learns but I can see him getting fired immediately. He thinks he does no wrong and refuses to take direction when being told how to redo something he did wrong in the first place. Hopefully a paying job can fix that attitude but I'm not hopeful.

[MrsDavidB]

He wants to when he is old enough but I don't see it going well for him at all. I'll let him in hopes that he learns but I can see him getting fired immediately. He thinks he does no wrong and refuses to take direction when being told how to redo something he did wrong in the first place. Hopefully a paying job can fix that attitude but I'm not hopeful.

How's he doing by the way with the girl/school situation?

[carterscutie85]

He wants to when he is old enough but I don't see it going well for him at all. I'll let him in hopes that he learns but I can see him getting fired immediately. He thinks he does no wrong and refuses to take direction when being told how to redo something he did wrong in the first place. Hopefully a paying job can fix that attitude but I'm not hopeful.

How's he doing by the way with the girl/school situation?

Same old same old. I'm enrolling him in public school next year. He's not going to stop unless he's seperated from her. And I do think she manipulates him but at the end of the day he's responsible for his own actions. He has some nutso idea that even when he has zero contact with her she'll wait for him till after high school.

[MrsDavidB]

He wants to when he is old enough but I don't see it going well for him at all. I'll let him in hopes that he learns but I can see him getting fired immediately. He thinks he does no wrong and refuses to take direction when being told how to redo something he did wrong in the first place. Hopefully a paying job can fix that attitude but I'm not hopeful.

How's he doing by the way with the girl/school situation?

Same old same old. I'm enrolling him in public school next year. He's not going to stop unless he's seperated from her. And I do think she manipulates him but at the end of the day he's responsible for his own actions. He has some nutso idea that even when he has zero contact with her she'll wait for him till after high school.

Damn. Well I hope it goes ok for the rest of this year. Better next year hopefully. You just have to hang in there when you have a wild one. My first son (now 26) was an angel at school but so so difficult at home. So many tears I shed. Drives you mad.

[LiveWhatULove]

No I haven't. My teens are very involved in extracurriculars and my oldest is dual enrolled. They both help out a lot. My oldest does yard work for people and my youngest babysits.
I'm not in a hurry to push them to become adults.

This is similar where I am leaning as well.