Mom, I want to get a job!


 How to handle your teenager’s first job

by Diane O’Neil

When a teen, and the teen’s family, decide it’s time to for the teen to get her first job, the entire family is affected.

I started working when I was very young. I was only fifteen when I began working as a hostess in a restaurant. Working in the restaurant industry gave me many wonderful lessons in the art of customer service. The things I learned as a hostess have been beneficial throughout my entire career.

When your teen decides he’d like to start looking for a job, there are many factors to consider.

How Fathers Can Play an Active Role in their Teen Daughters Lives

Sugar and spice and all that’s nice. That’s what little girls are made of.

by Erica S. Gould

Father-daughter relationships are complicated. One minute she is your little girl in pigtails, following you everywhere. You’re the only man in her life. Then, she grows up. She spends more time with her friends, starts wearing makeup, and GASP–she goes on her first date. Suddenly you feel left behind and shut out. But wait–you don’t have to take a back seat to the teenage years in your daughter’s life. Instead of becoming a passive observer, try to play an active role. Studies have consistently shown that girls who have good relationships with their fathers have healthier relationships with men, have increased self esteem, and fewer overall mental and emotional health concerns.