Week 11 - Chapter 16

In 3-6 sentences, what should parents do regarding employment for their teenagers? Should they insist that they get part-time jobs, insist that they not get jobs, or leave it up to the kids? Why? What rules should parents set up regarding the types of jobs teenagers can hold (are there some types of work which they should not do?), the hours they can work in a week (do parents need to set limits on how much time they put into a job?), the grades they need to maintain (should they be required to give up the job if their grades go down?), or the behaviors they need to show (should they be "grounded" from the job if they continually miss curfew or break other family rules)? Please use the texts to support your position.

I think that teenagers should be allowed to get part time jobs.  A couple of benefits of having part time jobs are extra money in the household, as mentioned by a few other classmates, increased responsibility, increased time management skills, extra spending money.  In some lower socioeconomic class households money is extremely tight and I don't think some could not survive without the help of a working older sibling.  I think that as a teen works their responsibility increases for several reasons.  They must show up on time and must work proficiently enough to do the job right without getting fired.  This increased responsibility may also lend itself to indirectly teaching younger siblings.  Time management is a key skill that is very important as an adult and should be learned early enough to do some good.  All us us must manage our time wisely.  Especially with the demands of full time jobs, family, and school.  All things an adolescent can have within a short time.  On a timeline of starting work at 16 years old through college and graduation, a person could be on their own by the time they are 21 years old.  I think work is a necessary evil that all teenagers should learn from.  As for the argument of tradition school, it is very important, but I think many of us can agree that what we learned in our high schools had little impact in our lives today.

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