Teenage Employment

Teenagers in employment, especially teenagers in full time employment, should definitely be encouraged to supply their parents with an agreed amount of money each week. Regardless of the financial situation of parents, this helps to enable a teenager to learn to live on a budget.

Many teenagers consider that they cannot walk over the doorstep, and would never dare to parade down the street, without every inch of themselves “looking the part”. This can prove to be very stressful in families with low incomes, with teenagers not yet available for working full time, - often resulting in tensions between a parent and their teenage son/daughter. One way of overcoming the financial side of things – is for your teenage offspring to find the money to pay for things from their own purses/wallets. It never does any harm for a teenager to have a part-time job, to work in with their time available and studies, to help supplement the family budget. If there are likely to be appropriate jobs available, for teenagers, within your vicinity, encourage your teenage child's application. In suburban areas in particular, there may be people looking for someone to help them with the gardening or dog walking. In most areas, there are very often parents looking for someone responsible, and of appropriate teenage years, to babysit for them on an occasional, or regular, basis. Or it may be that a neighbour requires someone to wash their car for them every weekend. Search through cards in shop windows and advertisements in the local newspaper – and if your teenage son/daughter has a problem in finding part-time work, encourage your teenage offspring to advertise himself/herself, making a mention of his/her capabilities.