Reflections: My teen's first job 18 Articles

by Gary Maclean

My Teens First Job: When my grown son was a teenager he already knew he wanted things; he wanted nice things and he wanted to get them by himself. He never depended on us, his parents, to provide for him. He gladly acce...read more

by Dawn Hawkins

My daughter got her first job when she was just fourteen years old. It took a bit of thought before I actually allowed her to do it. She worked for a friend of ours, so it wasn't too awfully hard to make the choice. I knew...read more

by Melissa Nykorchuk

When I was 25, I was a foster mother to a street smart, tough minded 14 year old girl. I wanted her to have a job but I thought my options were limited. This girl had spent over a year in juvenile detention, had a 26 yea...read more

by Lori Chadwick-Jenkins

My daughter's first job is one that she hopes will lead to her career - Ryan is a teacher's assistant at the dance studio she takes classes at. It may not seem like much of a job, especially to her friends, but since she ...read more

by Earl Demott

At the age of three, my son had his first job. He grabbed a mop and splattered, dare I say flooded, the kitchen floor. He was smiling hardily when he hugged the mop (which towered over him) and made sweeping side by side...read more

by Kat Apf

The summer my daughter was fifteen she had an awesome opportunity to work in the Marketing Department at the local cable company. Okay, so my husband worked there, too but it was a real job. It payed more than Burger King....read more

by Sherry Law

"Mom, they're looking for help at the skating rink!" Uh, oh... I guess I should have seen this coming. Sarah, Joe (her younger brother) and I all spent several hours a week at various roller rinks around town. As a s...read more

by Tammy L Mahan

By the time my daughter was five years old she already knew what she wanted to do with her life it was as if she was born with the knowledge. However when she was old enough to start her "career" we lived on the wrong side...read more

by Gemma Wiseman

My teen's first job was also my first regular chauffeur assignment. My daughter's yearning for money from the Golden Arches was forced to coincide with my need to practice on-call driving skills. Macdonald's is a wonde...read more

by Ted Sherman

Although I shouldn't admit it, one of my teenagers got his first job in a boiler room. No, not the kind that's full of steam pipes and hot air, but the the so-called boiler-room operation that includes a bunch of telephone...read more

by Vicki Andis

When my son was just thirteen years old, he asked me if he could get a job, to earn some extra money. I explained to him that he wasn't old enough, and that when he turned sixteen, he could probably find a part-time job. ...read more

by Carol Wise

My son was in junior high when he set about getting his first job. He and his best friend were interested in earning extra money and they decided because of their young age the best opportunity for them to do this was to d...read more

by Linda Ann Nickerson

A TEEN'S FIRST JOB At sixteen, my daughter became a professional pooper scooper. And she loved it. As a kennel kid at a local pet boarding and grooming establishment, she fed dogs, walked dogs and cleaned up after dogs....read more

by Shari Deaven

Child labor laws mean squat on a family farm, when there are a limited number of workers and an unlimited amount of work to do it's amazing what tasks you can put a three year old on. My kid's first memories are of loadin...read more

by Jenifer Rose

When my son Kirt was 15, we discussed him getting a job. The agreement was as long as he kept up his grades when school started back, and it caused no conflict with anything he was already committed to, it was a good idea...read more

by Raylee Jordan

My youngest son's first job was as a bagger/utility clerk at a local grocery store when he was 16. The day his interviewer told him he was hired, my son was handed his uniform, his name tag, a personnel handbook, and a sta...read more

by Anna Digaudio

MY TEEN'S FIRST JOB When my son was close to 16 years old, he determined that it was time to find a job. Therefore, he acquired the necessary working papers and began "the search." As parents, his father and I had s...read more

by Lucy Bocanegra Flores

My teen's first job tittle was "MOMMY-SUBSTITUTE" At the young age of 13 my daughter had to take on the job a lot of men consider a duty, obligation, no questions asked or compensation deserved. For almost a year, my dau...read more