Parent advertising their child on facebook for work.

[girlfriend44]

Amazed, came across a parent saying her preteen/nearly teen child was looking for work and did anyone know anything she could do to earn money as she didnt want her ending up on the streets?

why does her child need to work at that age and how can you just offer your childs services on FB to randoms?
Can you imagine all the people that could take advantage on this advert.

Poor child.

I can see what you're saying OP that this isn't wise
Is it a Facebook post between people who are friends or a local community one where she might be able to check out the people first?
The comment of did anyone know anything she could do to earn money as she didnt want her ending up on the streets is a bit of a worry and I hope she meant occupying her positively as child has asked to do mild level odd jobs for pocket money rather than at age 12 she has to earn money or be put out on the streets! As that's very Dickensian child labour / not entirely in keeping with U.K. legislation! / reportable to Local authority children services.

My 15 year old is desperate to do some little earning odd jobs and has been for a couple years. I keep telling her "once you're 16 legally you can apply for a part time job" at local Costa etc and would let her babysit now for primary school aged children as she is sensible good with little children and with me as back up picking her up and dropping off as long as not babies or high needs and known to us.

Nowadays you have to have insurance to walk dogs anyway

Actually you don't - it's totally unregulated. I work in the industry and there are no requirements to follow whatsoever.

and babysitting is a responsible job too

Twelve year olds can be responsible.

We have a "local area' FB group, on which a mum posted seeking babysitting jobs for her 15 yo. The contact info was all the mum's.

We needed a babysitter so texted the mum to say this. She bought the daughter over to meet us at an agreed time in advance of the job, to meet us and the kids and check us out. We were fine with this - no charge! :)

She is a very sensible young woman and we were going to be close by and contactable all evening (party at neighbours house 2 mins away). So we went for it.

It went fine and we've used her again since. She charges a low hourly rate as she builds up her client base and the kids like her a lot.

So there's a case where FB advertising - actually advertising, not just a post on one's own feed - has worked out well!

I do think 12 is a bit young but I don't think the scenario outlined in OP's post is super unreasonable, honestly. I assume the parent would do due diligence before agreeing work, as they did in our case.

What? They don't HAVE to accept a job if it's from someone they don't know well enough. I think it's more a "Sandra from 3 doors down wants her ironing done if you want to make a few quid that way?"

Not "Ron's asked for a foot massage in his basement, I've never met him before but he assures me he's only been to prison once and it wasn't even his fault"

She's asking her friends and family if they have any appropriate suggestions. It's not an obligation to take any job offered.

This. People generally reply with suggestions for Saturday jobs in our local area. I started working as a chambermaid in a small local hotel when I was 15. My mum found out about it and sent me down. She got my brother a Saturday supermarket job at 14. It was a brilliant life experience. I dare say the mother will go with the child to suss it out. You do have to be sensible and aware but paedophiles aren't waiting around every corner.

Not "Ron's asked for a foot massage in his basement, I've never met him before but he assures me he's only been to prison once and it wasn't even his fault"

@IWineAndDontDine 😂

public group not her friends.

You might do that for relatives / neighbours / people you know from elsewhere - makes a lot of sense on your road Whatsapp group or something, or asking where you know the people who will read it, but that is a long way from putting it on an area Facebook group.

YANBU OP

im sure you do or you are wise to get it.

Dogs can get attacked by other dogs on walks. We had one in the local area and a dog was killed under her supervision of someone who was walking it.
It got nasty for the dog walker the owner was not happy to find his dog had been killed while out on a walk with this person. A 12 year old is not old enough to cope with the worry plus all the dog thefts.

I get annoyed anytime I see a parent asking for help finding jobs for kids 16+ in local businesses etc. If I was a business owner, I'd not be keen on employing a 16 year old who's mummy had to do their job hunting for them. And I don't think those parents are doing their kids any favours

I think the parents know their child and can also use their common sense in what jobs the child takes on grounds of safety. Good for child if she wants to earn some extra cash. For example, she could feed pets and water plants at a neighbours' house while they're away - we've had 12-13yos doing that for us. I'm a great believer in trusting kids' capabilities for things they can be reasonably expected to do.

Why are you so bothered about it?? I doubt the mums gonna be sending the child off to some grooming gang. I used to do the teas and sweeping the hair at my aunties hairdressers at 13.

I got my first Saturday and summer holiday job at 13, washing dishes and occasionally waitressing when they were short staffed. It made me feel really grown up and I loved it.

What's wrong with helping your children, my son was looking for work and not getting anywhere through indeed etc . I posted on some of the local groups I'm in and i got some good leads for him which he followed up independently. He has now got a job and several more interesting offers to follow up. Young people aren't often welcomed into the local/school mum type groups so my approach helped him.

@girlfriend44 I don't disagree but legally speaking there's no requirement to have insurance.

A 12yo walking the neighbours dog for a fiver isn't doing anything wrong. It's not illegal to walk dogs without insurance 🤷🏻‍♀️

A 12 year old isn’t old enough to ‘cope with all the worry’ of walking a dog??
What if they have their own dog?

You sound like a very anxious person.

as said, dogs can get attacked or attack other dogs, there can be problems also theft. I dont think dog walking is that easy.

Amazing 😆

There’s a few people on my neighbourhood group so this and the kids make a few quid washing cars, raking leaves, mowing lawns, etc. This country is full of people with no work ethic, it’s great to see some starting young!

@ I wasn't advertising her on Facebook 😂
I was asking the people on my social media, who I know.

your own is different to others. Read my post about local dogwalker who was walking a dog and it got killed. It came back badly on the walker.

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I think its dangerous advertising on FB.

But she's not advertising on FB is she? She's asking a question.

I did babysitting from age 12, dishwashing from 14, and then a Saturday shop job from 15. My own 2 boys have been working since they were 14 (kitchen porter and glass collector/waiter).

I think it's good for self esteem, confidence, and learning how things work in the 'real' world.

@EmilyGilmoresSass when teen DS was looking for his first part-time job I responded on his behalf to a number of adverts on our local Facebook page as he is not on Facebook. Once initial contact was made on there he took over