Parent advertising their child on facebook for work.

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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 think it's OK for parents to all for under 17s, after that age it should be the young person themselves really, although I've seen younger teens advertising themselves as well, but more usually on closed forums like a school community page etc, so they're addressing people who are more of a known quality.

Must have been the Facebook post I saw earlier today. I don’t think a pukka enterprise such as a country park that was suggested would employ someone under 15.

I appear to be going against the grain here, but 12 strikes me as too young.

The comment about walking the streets is odd. How exactly did she word it?

As a proper dog walker you need insurance. For someone paying a 12 year old to walk their dog they will not be expecting them to be insured.

In Ireland it was pretty normal for young teens, even pre-teens to do babysitting for a couple of hours while parents went out.

When I moved here it was more unusual. My friend started a Saturday job in a cafe when she was 12. I started a Saturday job on the till at a pharmacy when I was 13. We wanted money for ourselves and weren't from wealthy families. Not sure about the rules now but it was legal at the time. None of our other friends had jobs until at least 16 (more middle class families).

What an utter ridiculous thing to do absolutely insane

12 is perfectly fine for babysitting.

I think I got my first jobs around 12/13 by walking up and down the high street asking for work. I got a cash in hand saturday job in a clothes shop and a phone job in the indian takeaway.

I saw the same thing on Nextdoor and - and I hated myself for it - I had a really awful feeling that it was possible they were actually trying to pimp out a child - that they knew that paedophiles would contact them either openly or promising 'a bit of gardening work'.

In the end all i could think of to do is to post a big warning to the mum - or 'mum'? - saying that this was a REALLY bad idea and would attract dangerous people looking to exploit and possibly hurt a child. I still can't decide whether I should have taken it further but I'm not sure who I could have reported to.

DS had a paper round at 13, it’s only a year older. He sorted it all out himself, apart from me initially going into the shop with him - communicated with the shop owner by phone and text, told him when he was ill and going on holiday, got himself up and out at 6.30 every morning etc. He’s 15 now, just given it up.

I wonder that children cost more when they get older when my toddler costs me £900 a month in childcare alone.

The cost of teenagers is how long is a piece of string. They can cost you fairly little, but if you are well off and buying posh clothes, hobbies and electronics then they can cost you a small fortune.

Dog walking is easy and perfectly acceptable for a 12 year old. I used to walk neighbours dogs. For free!

Probably a reflection of the neighborhood, but yes parents where I live will post; babysitting certificates, dog walking, watering plants etc.
we hired two 13 yr olds (close almost neighbors) to tend a farmers market booth for us. Their parents were very involved. They enjoyed it, were very well paid for 1 weekend work. All e-sales no cash purchases.

If it is on her profile, she's tongue in cheek about the roaming the streets while seeing if anyone wants their car washing etc

Paper round, lawn mowing, sweeping up clippings in a hairdressers... Sort of jobs young teens did in the 90s. I guess this is what she was asking about?

Yes, I know - I do it for a living!

But there's a huge difference between an adult professional taking multiple dogs out at once and a 12yo taking the neighbours' terrier out round the block for a fiver.

They're not remotely comparable in terms of danger or risk.

I was 12 in the early 1980s and worked on the till at my local general store until I turned 16.

Like kids of any age, some will be responsible and some won't.

Me too - or men whose girlfriends are asking for them!

Pretty normal round here. Sounds like she’s asking her friends for advice or a recommendation. I used to do things like water so and so down the road’s garden when they were away at that age. Youngsters’ parents round here ask on the local FB page if anyone wants things doing. One 13 year old set himself up washing cars.
Teens have anxiety these days partly because they’re babied too much.

But the mum will be able to decide what was thinks is suitable for her dd based on the replies she gets? she'll be under no obligation to send her round to the neighbourhood creep asking for a cheap back massage. She's probably trying to get her a few babysitting gigs or anyone who's looking for their grass cut from her own friend's list.

There’s a huge difference between a dog walker walking multiple dogs together multiple times a day and taking the dog next door (or their own dog) for a wander.

The days of Bob a Job are very much over.

I don't think so. We occasionally get kids either knocking on the door, or flyers through the letterbox from kids who want to earn a bit of pocket money.

She asked on her own facebook?
So people she knows.
If a local fb friend done the same here,
I could think of afew jobs that a child could do for some pocket money,
For example, Wash the car or go to the local shop for me or pick up a parcel or take books back to library

Depends on time you have, and your health.

A child could clean out small animal cages for example

The days of Bob a Job are very much over.

No-one has told the kids round here…

In fact, since their usual “proper” jobs of paper rounds/magazine delivery, Saturday shop staff etc have been taken up more and more by adults the kids have Gwen getting more creative with local jobs.

*have been getting