teenagers working...

Getting a summer job at 16 isn't going to ruin your childhood (if you can even call 16 childhood). Your dad is babying you.sca321

Improvise...

I make nearly $100 US a month for 3 hours or work, perhaps even less, all on the internet. I'm 16, and I still enjoy my childhood. Anyways, moral is, find solutions.

Improvise...

I make nearly $100 US a month for 3 hours or work, perhaps even less, all on the internet. I'm 16, and I still enjoy my childhood. Anyways, moral is, find solutions.Puiumami

I don't think teenagers should work. Your dad is right.

I got my first job as a paper boy at 13, wasn't much money but whatever. I found it cool because I had my own back account and credit card..lolsamurai93745

I did too at 13 and guess what? My grades went down and I felt depressed all the time. I quit 3 months later after my parents told me I didn't have to work at such a young age (think I wanted some expensive electronic thing at the time).  Hold out on working as long as you can, corporate America will own you sooner or later. 

dude if your dad gives you money for things you want, then dont work, and if you do, make it a small easy job, working is about getting money, if you have money, then dont workryangb

I agree,I dont do jack S.it LOL I get everything I need from MOMMY & DADDY..but im gonna start workign @ bestbuy thus month..because IM BORED lol plus im 20 yrs old & gotta eventually work but hey theres alwase time to be serious.right now im having fun./

my parents were sick of me slackin, so i get a job or get out....blooddemon666

lol

You know what I think?

Before I started working part time I really wanted to have a job so I could earn my money, and plenty of it to. It was pretty good at first to, it definetly changed my life alot. I lost alot of weight and became the skinny rocker kid instead of the fat squirrel-faced kid. I learned how to manage my money very well and saved up lots to put away in the bank. Finally, I had the leisure of going out and doing things I wanted to do, buy some junk for myself, etc.

Now after 16 months of working part time I've noticed that life has been falling deep in the trenches. I was always doing work, whether it be at school or at my job, never getting a chance to just lay off and relax. But aside from being tired all the time, there were other things that were starting to drag my life down into depression. My school grades were sinking, my job was getting more and more frustrating as the months passed by, and I noticed that I was also at a serious lack of friends and spent most of my time alone, not even with my own mother. My life had felt empty with no accomplishments and contained nothing but anger and suffering.

So now I believe that it should be illegal to work under the age of at least 18. Having a part time job really can ruin your childhood, its good if you do it for a little while like maybe for a year or over the summer (dont recommend it though), but after a while its going to start taking over your life and before you know it things are completely different than you last checked.

it doesnt ruin your childhood depending on what you are doingDevouring_One

Well, I used to do yardwork around my neighborhood untill I was 14 then I got a job as a dishwasher. I got some allowance for doing chores for a while but if I wanted more than just candy or comics I had to make the extra money to buy it myself.

I'm 16 and I got a job to have money...So I can enjoy being a kid.

My dad told me that he doesn't want me working because I am too young (i'm 16 and I am legally able to work) and he wants me to enjoy my childhood because he knows from experience that working from an early age can really ruin your childhood. That is my dad's beliefs. Others say that a teen should work to learn the value of money. Do you believe that a teen should enjoy his teenage years, or should learn the value of money and begin working as soon as he can.texranger17

Do a couple of evenings a week flipping burgers or doing retail and you can afford to do things on weekends without relying on your parents for an allowance. It's quite liberating. Get used to the freedom, cos later on work sucks.

[QUOTE="sca321"]Getting a summer job at 16 isn't going to ruin your childhood (if you can even call 16 childhood). Your dad is babying you.texranger17

Err...yeah precisley. For the experience? Employers are big on that.

WTH,how is working say every Saturday going to ruin your childhood? lol this is one of the funniest things i've ever read.

You work for money which enables you to do more fun things in your childhood,so it actually makes your life more fun and you also get 'experiance' with all kinds of people and 'things'.

You should try getting a Saturday job for a couple of weeks and if you don't like it fair enough don't do it,it's not like it's going to ruin the rest of your life LOL