Things to Consider When Your Teenagers Want to Make Money
>> Jul 1, 2016
Being parents of
teenagers are always full of challenges.
As parents, you need to know the right approach and method to keep good connection
with your adolescent and to maintain them in the right path as they are at
specific period of their growing up into adulthood. Of course, every parent
hopes their teen can change from cheerful children to responsible and
successful adults in the future. However,
teen’s increasing hormones makes this transition moment is never effortless.
But how if your teen
comes to you and says that she or he wants to work and get their own money?
Before making any decision on this make money teenager issue; it would be wiser for you to know things
to consider first. Based on the related data of U.S. Department
of Labor, it turns out that working teenager is not a new fact. There are many
high school students who have part-time jobs or informal jobs at some time
during the school year.
So folks, here are
things that you should pay attention before you convey any statement on your
teen’s working intention.
Find
out the true reason of your teen to make money.
Ask your teen about his/her
motivation to work. If it is for positive purposes, you should give support
while still supervise. Help your teen in managing money efficiently to avoid
wasting money for less required stuff or overspend. Teaching her/him to make a simple
budget would be a great idea.
A report on this
matter stated that the majority motivation to work for teens is still consumptive
reason –to purchase things that they like. Other reasons are to pay their
personal expenses, save money for college fund and support family financial
problem.
Advantages and
disadvantages.
Advantages:
Getting informal job or
part-time employment could be the right method to assist the transition of teenagers
to grow up into established, fruitful and dependable society members.
Any job can assist young
person in various ways. Some of benefits are to become more financially independent,
make use of free time productively, build better characters like improved
confidence and sense of responsibility, learn different positive skills such as
time management and communication skill, get valuable work experiences, reach
new achievements, and obtain chances to live more meaningful life.
Disadvantages:
Taking jobs might
cause bad effects such as lack of time for study and any school activity, difficulty
to balance work and school that induces higher stress, possible exposure to
drugs and alcohol, and decreasing academy grades. Based on the research, negative
things only occur when teens working 20 hours or more a week.
Ways
to stay away from negative possibilities of making money for teenagers.
-The research mentioned
that drawbacks of having jobs don’t happen to students who work 10 hours or less
a week.
So, make sure first
the working hours of the job that your teen will take.
-Pass up any type of job
that too difficult and complex to handle by teens.
-Jobs are only taken during
free time or school holidays such as summer employment program.
Considering all
points above will support you to make the right decision and your teenager will
benefit most from making money experience in less risky way!
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