To think more teenagers could be more like this?

One of my daughters babysat so much she saved nearly £3,000 before going to uni. Her main employers lived over the road with two nice kids who were no trouble. Extra bonus was that she used the time once she put the kids to bed to do homework or revision. She felt like she was being paid to study.

Bloody hell. Some people seem to permanently walk under a grey rain cloud.

Good on them. There are some boys near me doing car washing

I had two 11yr old boys with buckets, soap and sponges wanting to clean my car yesterday I was so impressed, how could I say no. Never had that before.

This happens on my local fb group too

It's usually from actual professionals in the area - eg a young lad posted to ask if anyone wanted lawn mowing done at £10 a pop, and things like weeding etc. and all the local professional gardeners were over it like a rash. I can understand they don't like being undercut, but it's a bit mean really.

Inevitably the young people who post get entirely put off and don't bother again.

Hopefully earning enough to replace the bikes when they are inevitaby stolen.

I've just been listening to Jamie Laing talking to Ali Abdaal, who trained as a doctor and is a very successful entrepreneur. He was saying he didn't grow up with a father and that if he had, his childhood would have been far more financially stable and he would have been far less likely to be an entrepreneur now. I think schools should really encourage entrepreneurship - those kids who bring sweets into school to sell them and so on could be redirected into other areas (like the boys you're talking about) rather than just having detentions instead.

I think teenagers get a bad rep nowadays (,worse than in the past,) because if the behaviour of some. It's nice to see them trying to earn an honest penny. Growing up in a popular seaside town, me and most of my friends had jobs in the tourist industry, from the age of about 13. Usually washing-up or chambermaiding in the hotels and guesthouses, ice cream kiosks, cafes etc. The school kids basically kept all the businesses going through the holiday season. Probably not massively legal but back in the 70s a blind eye was often turned
and of course no social media busybodies with smartphones snapping pics of anything that just might be slightly illegal. All the kids were minted in summer with all the money we earned😁😁

Same.

I don't get the rush to get kids out working. I like mine to enjoy the summers, out doing stuff with friends and relaxing.

My teenagers work, most of their friends have jobs too.

It's good for them and gives them financial independence.

My teenagers are lovely and don't complain about being bored or nag me for money. Why do you think most teenagers aren't similar?

What's your skin in the game OP? Are these teens anything to do with you? Hoping to bump up interest in their work?

It used to be that you could start working at 13. Nowadays it’s 16 for most jobs (even volunteering) I get it from a safeguarding perspective but I’m not sure if on balance it’s helped our teens. By the time most can work they are deep in to GCSEs and then A levels. In the old days when they could get settled into working at a younger age it was easier to work the exams round an existing job.

it’s only goi g to be the few enterprising and confident teens like the one in the example that will stand out. And as you say even jobs like dog walking are being taken by adults now.

Yes, they could be. But, a lot aren’t.🤷‍♀️

These are changing a fair wage for themselves. They've made themselves a nifty little Facebook Page with pics and prices

There wouldn't be much demand for the sorts of things I'm thinking here. People have proper gardeners etc if they don't want to do jobs themselves. I wouldn't let a teen near my car to clean it. There have been kids who have tried similar but no one is interested.

My neighbourhood Facebook page is full of people posting about their kids doing this.

My oldest kids didn't work til they were 17, youngest is 15 and not working.

They never moan/moaned they were bored in the holidays, they were too busy enjoying themselves.

I don't see any issue if these kids want to work but I'm still proud of my kids that haven't done this. They all worked hard at school all year, do stuff around the house, walk the dogs etc but it's nice for them to have a break.

I remember years ago, we lived near to someone who thought my son should cut her grass for £2, and feed her cat twice a day for 2 weeks for £5. No thanks. As long as they're getting a fair wage and are willing, then no issue.

Delightful. If every teen was doing it, there would be no business opportunities at all.

Because they’re providing a service, developing their work ethic and getting off their backsides and earning in a cash based business that pays well.

Thats really attractive in some areas

Better than buying a suckers list and trying to flog over-priced tea towels

Why would OP be full of praise for teens selling drugs? lol. These threads always attract odd responses.

Anyway, YANBU OP - sounds great. Loads of teens round here work as we live in a touristy area.