Holiday jobs

School holidays are coming. Soon, their school bag will be thrown the corner of their room for the last time this year. It won’t be touched again until late January, by which time only a forensic scientist could tell what the black stuff is in the lunch box. As they rip off their uniform and pull on summer clothes, the surf is already in their ears.. Summer holidays!  How could you suggest work to a teenager in that state?

But, quite honestly, work is one of the best things your teenager could do over the long break.  Of course, you know the value of work, but maybe your teens don’t : it connects you to the things you want; it provides friendships and company; it builds your skill base; it gives you self-esteem; it stimulates you and it looks great on your CV.  Working teens enjoy being in adult company and feeling like a grown-up. Their first job grows them up and builds them up.

But hey won’t believe a word of that – the only thing that will get them off the X-box is money. So don’t be too generous, cash wise, these holidays. Love them enough to make them needy enough to get a job.

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