Should teenagers have night jobs
By bsidemyself
@bsidemyself (160)
United States
December 20, 2006 11:03pm CST
My daughter is 17 and works at a restaurant until 11pm. I called her job one night and was told she got off early at 8pm. She did not come home until 1am. She was with some of the boys who work with her. I made her quit and I took her phone away. I told her she needed to focus on her last year of school to be prepared for college. Now she hates me and told me she hopes I die of a heart attack (because I'm overweight). Should I let her have the job back?
1 response
@navinshan (3933)
• Canada
21 Dec 06
I was doing a night job for a while, but after my mom repeated advise that, u should concentrate on your studies, because as u start to make money u tend too loose intrest in your studies, and she advised me that money can made at any age but education has to be done at a younger age, and so i thought about it for a while, and one day i said to my mom, that i would get back to the track, and i told her that i would night jobs on a part time basis to pay my fees, then she said to me thats fine but u need to take care of your health., i would recommend your daughter little clamly advise her and never use harsh words, she has felt that she can take care of herself, never ever be depressed by her words, she herself doesn't know what she is talking, forgive her for her mistakes.and let her allow her to have little intependence and have her job back for a while, and then advice her, this would work.
@bsidemyself (160)
• United States
21 Dec 06
Thank you. I agree with you. She is a good kid, and I know she loves me but I think she may have and anger issue. She use to hit her younger sister all the time when she got mad. She would slam doors, throw things, curse, and just rant and rave for hours about how unfair life was to her. This was just last year. I told my father about it and he talked to her and now she has toned down a little.
