Teenagers Are Ditching Old-Fashioned Saturday Jobs Because Of Their Fear Of Academic Failure

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11676174/The-end-of-the-Saturday-job-is-nigh-report-suggests.html

Could this be the reason or could it be that youngsters nowadays don't have to work for their 'pocket-money' as most are provided for by their parents?

[ummmm]

My son has had a paper round since he was 13. He does two rounds 7 days a week. His brother had the paper rounds before him.

[vakayu]

It could be they are getting money too easily but working a Saturday job looks good on their CV according to one recruitment guide they woud be looked upon more favourably for doing a Saturday job as it shows they are willing to get up(for a start) and it gives them the work ethic even voluntary work on CV counts.

[Old_Geezer]

I can not know the interplay between the pressures and wants of the "youth" group but I suspect it is a little more complex than asked about in the article.

For sure, if one has priorities something has to give. But how much of the reduction in willingness to earn a little pocket money, and learn the value of money, is down to not having the time; and how much is not having time the excuse to not bother ?

I suspect you are correct when you suggest parents wanting the best for their kids have the money to give them, which probably wasn't the case for them and their parents. And this then removes the incentive to get a little job and work for their money. I also suspect the youths are all the worse off for it in the longer term. If we don't have to learn good habits and attitudes it's near impossible to turn ourselves around later in life. But that is what parenting is supposed to be about, doing what is best for your kids at the time, rather than giving them what they want.

Maybe it won't prove a major issue, but a little more encouragement for self reliance might not go amiss.

[Sqad]

I honestly can't see how a Saturday job compromises academic attainment as it is all to do with "organisation."

Study between 1900hrs and 2100 hrs 4 days a week leaving the Saturday and Sunday free should be perfectly adequate. as the examination nears, some 2 months away, may invoke working on a Sunday.

The difficulty as I see it is that if one works all day on Saturday then it may well be difficult to fit in sport.

Routine and organisation is the name of the game.

[youngmafbog]

My kids never had any problems. We had the money to give them I dont believe in that so they had to work and pay for things to get an idea of what life is about.

[NellieMay]

In my opinion it is nothing to do with young people having too much homework etc. More to do with them relying on over indulgent parents who dole them out with too much money. A weekend job and holiday jobs are a good introduction into the adult world of work - which serves them well for the future. A CV showing experience of the working world is far more likely to impress future employers than one without.