Heard an interview today saying that under 30% of teenagers hold any kind of summer job today, down from 60% 40 years ago. The main reasons given were most kids today are focusing on higher schooling / internships, and older retired workers taking the part time jobs traditionally filled by teenagers.
I remember as a kid always having a job (mostly farm work), when I wasn't in school, and most of my friends worked too. It was just expected of us, if we wanted to have any spending money of our own, we had to earn it.
What say you? Did you work as a teenager and if so, doing what? And are the young people in your family today holding summer jobs?
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I remember as a kid always having a job (mostly farm work), when I wasn't in school, and most of my friends worked too. It was just expected of us, if we wanted to have any spending money of our own, we had to earn it.
What say you? Did you work as a teenager and if so, doing what? And are the young people in your family today holding summer jobs?
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