I can’t believe I have to add figure out Twitter to my list of things to do. What the heck? And I’m already behind the 8 ball, so the pressure is really on. That’s when it hit me. Ryan. He likes spending time on the computer. Why not have him do it? I’ll even pay him. And he can work when he wants for as long as he wants. So that’s what I did. I showed Ryan my Twitter account. …
Nathan and Ryan had a “job” over the holidays watching the neighbor Tom’s two cats and taking care of the plants. They’ve done this job before, apparently well enough to get asked back. Actually, they take the job seriously. I know, because the rubber tree plants gave them quite a scare. About two weeks into the three week stint, Nathan and Ryan came back from Tom’s house looking a little worried. It had been unusually cold in our little town of Rocklin. …
I was having coffee with some friends last week when we started talking about why having a job as a teenager may be a really good thing. Of course, from a teens perspective, the extra cash is always nice. But as a parent, there’s nothing like a “real” job to teach kids a few life lessons. A week earlier, I had a phone interview with a freelance writer about teens and working. She asked if I thought having teens work was a…
Nathan and Ryan received their second, and final, soccer reffing checks in the mail yesterday. “How much are you expecting?” I asked. “A lot,” was the answer I received from both. And a lot it was! Nathan’s check came to $210 and Ryan’s came in at $164. But as nice as those numbers are, if you are not keeping track of what it is you are owed, you run the risk of not getting paid for the time you worked. The only way the…
I was talking to Nathan yesterday as he headed off to ref five soccer games. Reffing soccer is good money. Depending on how many other refs are involved in the game (there can be up to three), he could easily make $100. That’s a lot of gas and burger money for a teenager. “I was thinking about which was worse,” Nathan started. “Running a 3K race or reffing a soccer game.” I wasn’t surprised that either of those choices was…