Employment for 15 yo
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Local family owned grocery store.
I'm in the same boat. Would like something other than restaurants and grocery stores, but that's about it until later this spring for him.
Have they been involved in youth sports? Both of my sons started refereeing soccer games at that age (usually working as a sideline judge in rec league games), and one also worked some in the concession stand for the local little league
Do fast food joints not still hire kids? Back in the 90's they struggled to find enough kids to work.
So don't rely on just your regular employers. Do you live in a neighborhood or have a network of friends that may need services: such as dog walking, baby sitting, yard or house work? Or if smart, perhaps tutoring or maybe even teach older or non techie types how to use certain things on their mobile devices or computers.
Throwing square bales. Hated it at the time but now like the fact I can brag about how when I was 15 I threw square bales.
ok then, we will have to hit the bustling food court of college square mall. Thanks
why shelter a 15-16 year old from working in a grocery store or restaurant? Do you feel your kid is too good to work in a job like that?
i washed dishes in a small town restuarant in high school, and washed dishes when i moved to CR for three months. It sucked, but my parents would never shield me from that.
All great ideas. Our oldest is someone that need direction, she’s smart and sweet but she’s not one to initiate a conversation and ask for work. So I’m thinking a job with a tight job description that she can do exactly what she’s told. She’ll detassle in the summer and has applied at hurts donut but no callback yet.
You are definitely not supposed to boil the baby's bath water. Some things, you learn the hard way.
No we're not. I'm ok with him working in those places. He's applying for those jobs. Just saying that in a few months there will be other jobs he can apply for as well in addition to those. Not much difference in a kid's maturity and aptitude between 15 1/2 and 16.
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Truck stop handjobs.
I know a “guy” at The World’s Largest Truck Stop in Walcott who can hook you up. Doesn’t matter if your teen is male or female......
I know a “guy” at The World’s Largest Truck Stop in Walcott who can hook you up. Doesn’t matter if your teen is male or female......
sorry, i mean she has had to ask me how to boil water to make Mac and cheese. It’s crazy, she’s 4.0 student and Very pleasant but she lacks confidence and ambition. She wants to attend a college as far away from home as possible but when I encourage her to try new things she declines. She’s one of those kids that responds far better to coaches and teachers instruction than mom and dads.
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Made me the man I am today —- with super calloused hands.
my mom use to boil water and add it to the bath. Then she would wash our hair with cool whip containers. I also did the bread sack thing.
I talked to a manager a HyVee about this. They won’t hire anyone under 16 at the CF location.
Plenty of people have discussed locations to work, of which most were useful.
I also STRONGLY encourage you to open a custodial Roth IRA for your kid, in which she could begin saving/investing for retirement. Potentially you could match or contribute as well (depending on your situation). It's a great vehicle to start that habit early and help with that down-payment on a house.
I also STRONGLY encourage you to open a custodial Roth IRA for your kid, in which she could begin saving/investing for retirement. Potentially you could match or contribute as well (depending on your situation). It's a great vehicle to start that habit early and help with that down-payment on a house.
Why are you checking? Shouldn't that be the job of your child? Make them do the leg work.
I am trying to balance that. Definitely am not going to submit or fill out applications but also want to give her some ideas of where she can apply.
The HyVee manager told me that they won’t even allow a 15 year old to run a vacuum hence they don’t hire anyone not 16 or older. He was turned away at a local car dealership too....not old enough.
