Should I allow my kids to do part time job during school breaks?

Question

I have 4 teen ages. By letting them doing part time job, would that affect their studies. Can the experiences gained be useful in the future??

What kind of job should be suitable..can someone suggest?

Answer 1

depends on what kind of part time jobs.. but usually.. they will be exposed to the real world.. that is good.. experience definitely will be useful.. just make sure they do the good or right job for their age..

Answer 2

I can see why the debate can go both ways HOWEVER firstly they need to juggle work and study because they may go on to university and have to support themselves and study. Also, often these jobs teenagers have ie working at mcdonalds, are valuable experiences and preparation for the work force when they are adults. If you have girls perhaps they could do babysitting. Make sure the families they work for are okay but this is what I did for years. The kids would go to bed and I would sit up studying for hours anyhow whilst waiting for the parents to come home. What kind of job they get depends on their interests and skills and what suits your life style but I think as they get older the skills they gain have much value. I know many kids who worked at Mcdonalds then went on to use their work experience in gaining other work and also in teaching them how to work and what working means. Just research what the acceptable amount of hours are. I know a 16 year old who works at mcdonalds 3-4 nights a week, usually 1-2 of them are on weekends and generally the hours are only four hours so it's not really too intrusive.

Answer 3

I always had work during school breaks. It developed in me a love of work and an appreciation of value of the dollar and quality of life. I got a better view into business, and I think I'm a better person because of the experience.

I generally worked the harder jobs: carried hod for brick layers, worked at the cemetery, managed a landscaping crew. These gave me great job satisfaction and were relatively less prone to some of the alienation teenage jobs can create (say flipping burgers).

I was exposed to drugs and alcohol as a teenager with this kind of work, but so were most of my peers at their fast-food jobs. I didn't, incidently, ever use such things. I think most people, even construction workers, are careful not to push too hard on those kinds of things to minors. Maybe this was the greatest value I derived from my teenage jobs: that I could be a part of an adult world, make decisions on my own, and feel good about all the results--not just the money I earned.

If I were to do it again, however, I'd have cautioned myself to keep work in moderation. I worked very hard during my undergraduate and graduate programs, getting lower grades and burning out a bit.

My children are not yet teenagers, but I've created a company just so I can participate in teaching them this part of life when they're 18. (Their mother/my ex-wife disagrees with this point of view. She never had summer jobs, and felt that this was an entitlement she wanted to give her children. I think this is where she picked up her inflexibility, fear of hard work and change, and lack of a sense of adventure in life.) I think work is where the most pragmatic interface to all areas of life is first encountered.

I would be as involved with my kids work experiences as their choice of friends, after-school activities, and people they may be dating.

Finally: "Let us realize that the privilege to work is a gift, that power to work is a blessing, that love of work is success." - David O. McKay-

Good luck

Answer 4

I don't see any reason why they shouldn't have a part time job. It is just another step forward to being independent and not having to depend on parents all of the time.

Why do you think that some 40+ people live with there mommy and daddy's? Well I think it was because the umbilical cord was not cut!

Answer 5

Provide some leadership here and help them learn skills of value that come with the territory at this time in their lifetimes.

Let them gain experience success and failure.

Let them solve some problems while they are near you, so you can lead them owards towards adulthood.

Don't be too quick to rescue any of them.

Make it clear to them that you will not pick up the slack at home nor at school.

Work Experience on my resume was sure helpful.

Answer 6

hhm... yep therez no "no" 2 ya question m8 ..

Infact it wud help to improve their Personality and they wud obviously come 2 know wt worth "Money" has :P

so jus let them do a Job as long as they are findin the job themselves :P adn not ya doin dat 4 em'

and yep dont force em' in2 workin ..

studies wont b affected :P

i earn and i study both at de same tym :P itz been 3 yrs now i ma earnin frm wen i was 15

n i love ma lyf dis way

Answer 7

no
let them stay off work for aslong as possible
getting a job at a young age was the worst thing i could have done. It means your social life dies, study gets puts to the side and they will rebel against you as parents.
let them go out and live and have fun while they still can!

Answer 8

I started my first part-time job at 14 and it taught me alot about life and how to manage my money. I think it is a great idea !!!!

Answer 9

Yes, it is good to let kids work when they're teens. This way they can learn a the value of a dollar and to appreciate what they have!

Answer 10

They will learn skills from the jobs as well. Do a test run during the summer.