There's enough time for a teenager to both work and play in the summer

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May 4, 2021
10:16:12pm

Kerbouchard All-American

There's enough time for a teenager to both work and play in the summer

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Kerbouchard

Bio page: Kerbouchard
Joined: Feb 17, 2011
Last login: Aug 24, 2023
Total posts: 24,538 (19 FO)

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Author

Time

Advice on summer work for high schooler

mikecito

5/4/21 8:57pm

Golf course job

5/4/21 9:00pm

My son did this.

jxncoog

5/4/21 9:14pm

Hes doing it well!

5/4/21 9:16pm

I always tell my wife that if I could do it over I would have gotten a job at a

Nuke

5/4/21 9:34pm

I started mowing lawns when I was 15 with a buddy

Cougs'16

5/4/21 9:03pm

I mowed lawns too. Great money. I worry about his sales skills haha

mikecito

5/4/21 9:14pm

I'm not a great salesman either. We just undercut everyone on prices haha

Cougs'16

5/4/21 10:17pm

That’s what I did too haha

mikecito

5/4/21 10:51pm

Crypto speculator

Backcountry

5/4/21 9:22pm

I will consider this and get back to you.

mikecito

5/4/21 9:23pm

My 17 YO daughter just got a job at costa vida

5/4/21 9:23pm

That’s a nice wage.

jxncoog

5/4/21 9:36pm

Free meal?

TNT

5/4/21 9:56pm

If a swimmer, get certified to life guard &/or teach swimming lessons.

Soupie

5/4/21 9:29pm

My son just got hired. Our city was desperate to get kids because the pools were

CougBlu

5/4/21 9:39pm

Where is this? I should have had my daughter demand a bonus. She paid for

kotacoug

5/4/21 9:55pm

Yuma, AZ

CougBlu

5/4/21 10:58pm

My daughter has done that and will be teaching swimming this summer... seems

kotacoug

5/4/21 9:53pm

This is what I did as a teen. I was too busy w/ school activities to have a job during the school year but

Soupie

5/4/21 9:55pm

He's a little young now, but consider him being a waiter.

bluecheese

5/4/21 9:32pm

Two items my son has done - window well cleaning and headlight cleaning

BlackBart

5/4/21 9:44pm

I'm 17 and work at a Panera Bread. It's not the most glamorous job... but it's

Rat

5/4/21 9:48pm

I worked landscaping digging planting and sprinklers

germ1

5/4/21 10:08pm

My kids don't have summer jobs. They stay busy with piano, reading, dance, art, vacations, friends, cousins, etc. I

HarlemCoug

5/4/21 10:09pm

There's enough time for a teenager to both work and play in the summer

Kerbouchard

5/4/21 10:16pm

of course there is... but that doesn't mean a min wage job is the best use of their time. For some, I think it is and

HarlemCoug

5/4/21 10:20pm

My oldest two had very little interest in working. What flipped the switch for

Joe

5/4/21 10:09pm

Lifeguard.

CougarAndMerlin

5/4/21 10:28pm

This is what my oldest did. Helps if they have a six pack

Nat Gas Man

5/4/21 11:03pm

I always think every teenager (no matter what family finances are) should

crack

5/4/21 11:06pm

Janitor/sweeper at a local elementary school, getting the place ready for fall.

rainorsnow

5/5/21 5:42am

I worked for the school district maintenance department for two summers.

4thand19

5/5/21 7:08am

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