Comments on: Dear PTB: Should my lazy teenager get a job? http://parentingteensblog.net/2009/11/08/dear-pta-should-my-lazy-teenager-get-a-job/ Teenagers are FUN! Honest! Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:04:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lessa http://parentingteensblog.net/2009/11/08/dear-pta-should-my-lazy-teenager-get-a-job/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Lessa Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:10:00 +0000 http://parentingteensblog.net/?p=586#comment-178 Well, as I have younger kids too - I'm still the personal taxi. (Tuesdays are AWFUL. half a dozen activities all in one night! Ugh!) And well, as mom, it's my job sorta. However - that's why i DO encourage them to get a job, and work for the insurance money. Even if they don't purchase their own car, and want to work out a schedule to share the family one, they have to provide their own insurance. Otherwise, they get to see their friends on MY schedule. Also - what helped the boy was all HIS friends started driving first - so he always had a ride somewhere. I did spend many months taking him back and forth to work though. *L* It's a compromise, and they will get tired of you sticking your head out the window to wave to their friends. "HI! I'm THE BOYS MOM! HOW ARE YOU? HOWS SCHOOL? SAY HI TO YOUR MOM FOR ME! HEY! PULL UP YOUR PANTS, WATCH YOUR HANDS WITH THAT GIRL, HAVE YOU BRUSHED YOUR TEETH TODAY?" Trust me. There are ways. :) Well, as I have younger kids too – I’m still the personal taxi. (Tuesdays are AWFUL. half a dozen activities all in one night! Ugh!) And well, as mom, it’s my job sorta. However – that’s why i DO encourage them to get a job, and work for the insurance money. Even if they don’t purchase their own car, and want to work out a schedule to share the family one, they have to provide their own insurance.

Otherwise, they get to see their friends on MY schedule. Also – what helped the boy was all HIS friends started driving first – so he always had a ride somewhere. I did spend many months taking him back and forth to work though. *L*

It’s a compromise, and they will get tired of you sticking your head out the window to wave to their friends. “HI! I’m THE BOYS MOM! HOW ARE YOU? HOWS SCHOOL? SAY HI TO YOUR MOM FOR ME! HEY! PULL UP YOUR PANTS, WATCH YOUR HANDS WITH THAT GIRL, HAVE YOU BRUSHED YOUR TEETH TODAY?”

Trust me. There are ways. :)

]]> By: Craig http://parentingteensblog.net/2009/11/08/dear-pta-should-my-lazy-teenager-get-a-job/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Craig Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:04:56 +0000 http://parentingteensblog.net/?p=586#comment-177 I like your attitude about money. Simple and easy! So if your kids chose not to work for a car, do you think that you would end up being their personal taxi? I see myself having to battle them all the time because they always want to go somewhere, yet they don't want to work for a car. I like your attitude about money. Simple and easy! So if your kids chose not to work for a car, do you think that you would end up being their personal taxi? I see myself having to battle them all the time because they always want to go somewhere, yet they don’t want to work for a car.

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