Teens Happen by Shea Rouda

Author:Shea Rouda [Rouda, Shea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-936909-07-0
Publisher: Live Oak Book Company
Published: 2011-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Jobs

Chances are your child has had a job, whether age ten or eighteen. The job may have been doing chores around the house, running a lemonade stand, selling newspapers, or working at a local restaurant or store. No matter the case, by the time your children are teenagers they should have some work experience. If they don’t, well, chances are your kids are either spoiled or uncooperative. Chores and jobs are an absolutely crucial part of developing responsible and respectful teenagers. So when is the time to start chores? When should a request differ from a command? When should you pay for labor? It’s time to wait no longer: the answering machine, Shea Rouda, is here.

To start off, I’ll state a simple and well-known fact: kids, especially teenagers, are more likely to do tough labor for money. One less obvious thing is that we teenagers are not dogs; we’re humans. You can’t pay a teenager over and over again for completing the same chore and then one day think, I’m sure little Johnny will grow up and do it on his own now, and I won’t have to pay him! That’s the attitude a dog has—expecting to get a treat, getting denied, then doing the trick again hoping for a treat this time. Teenagers are smarter than that, and lazier, too. If we don’t get a reward, chances are your tough task won’t get done. But then again you don’t want to become a parent that just hands away money.

A set allowance is perfect for any teenager and is a good incentive for doing chores. You could even use my parents’ method for allowance. I used to receive an allowance based on my age. When I was fourteen, I got a $14 allowance per week, usually handed out on Friday, in time for the weekend. For every year you add a dollar to the weekly allowance. The sooner children start getting an allowance, the better, because the sooner we get an allowance the quicker we learn to manage money and finish chores for a specific reason (money).

Now let’s say there’s a time when a certain chore extends beyond normal work, such as creating a patio with stones, cleaning a dirty fountain, replacing sprinkler heads, or taking down holiday decorations. For special projects like this, I suggest giving separate pay. Depending on the task, it could be $10 to $20. This will give us an actual reason to work and not make us mad at you! Isn’t that awesome? Looks like money can buy happiness after all.

Here’s another tip: encourage us to go to work. When we decide on a job, like creating a lawn company with friends or working at a local store, automatically say yes and push for it. When teenagers are debating about whether to get a job, parents should help them realize that a job is an awesome idea. First of all, jobs create more money in teenagers’ pockets, and if parents help them manage it, they can save up enough for car repairs or any future scenario.

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