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o nly 20 percent of today?s high
school
students
work
year-round, part time
job
s, according to the u.s. department of labor. this has been on a steady decline since 1979 when 58 percent of high
school
students were employed. advocates in support of
work
ing teens believe today?s high
school
students who don?t
work
are at a disadvantage if they wait to get their first
job
after college. these 10 life skills are not taught in a traditional classroom, but can be acquired with on-the-
job
training. 1. time management. with 168 hours in a week, your teen will figure out how to fit in sports, social, and family commitments. he will not only learn how to
work
smarter and more efficiently, but also learn to prioritize and discover that it?s ok to say no to the things that are not that important. 2. the value of a dollar earned when your teen sees something that he really wants?from a starbucks coffee to a car of his own?he will feel a combination of pride and happiness to know that he
work
ed for the money, and he gets to spend it guilt free. 3. how to talk to strangers. the customers he encounters at his place of employment will not be as kind or forgiving as his grandmother. they are total strangers who need his help to get them something or solve a problem. he will learn to appreciate the patient ones, and to gently calm and redirect the difficult ones. 4. to
work
with people who he doesn?t like. this isn?t a class assignment by pam molnar 10 life skills teens learn by having a summer
job
how a part time
job
prepares your teen for college and beyond having a part time
job
shows college admissions that your teen can handle the extra responsibility that comes with a
job
. he has proven that he can balance his time with his
school
work
, preparing him for the independence of college life.
work
ing with co-
work
ers and irrational customers will be a bonus when trying to negotiate with roommates or in other group settings. if
work
ing in high
school
was more of a necessity instead of a way to feed his starbucks habit, it will also show that he is serious about his education since he has some skin in the game. the common app allows him to list part time
job
s under activities, in case he had to give up some extracurriculars to
work
. if he is lucky enough to
work
in his field of study during high
school
, for example, in a veterinary clinic, he will probably have a jump start on his classmates in class. but even if he just held a
job
flipping burgers, he has real
work
experiences, mistakes, and solutions that he can build on for the rest of his life. ? cover kid 2016-17 skylar p.w. photo credit: kleinpeter photography 5 2 b r p a r e n t s . c o m | m a y 2 0 1 9
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