Well, we know they are not reading the Boston Globe -- which means they are a heck of a lot smarter than me (although I must confess, I have hardly read them this last week and month. I guess their is only so much insulting elitist supremacism, Jewish war propaganda, and other agenda-pu$hing lies one can take. I know you've seen it before, but working on a new format).
"When teens can’t find jobs elsewhere, parents do the hiring" by Bella English | Globe Staff, July 19, 2012
Will Boynton is 17, lives in Newburyport, and put in dozens of applications for a summer job. He applied to nearby Water Country, to restaurants and stores. An amateur disc jockey, he looked all over for gigs.
Finally, he found a part-time job doing photography for a business website and playing music at the owner’s various events. He likes the work, and he loves his boss. She happens to be his mother.
Hey, don't we all?
“I’m able to help my mom and have a summer job at the same time, so it’s great,” Will says.
I'm just wondering how many parents out there have the wherewithal to provide their child with work -- if they are lucky enough themselves to have a job.
His mom, Kate McKay, adds: “With the economy being so tough, it’s been absolutely brutal for these kids looking for work.” Will’s 15-year-old brother, she said, applied, along with 55 others, for a job busing tables at a local restaurant. He didn’t get it.
I initially responded with a hearty expletive; however, I will just let you kids know I was told you were a bunch of lazy f***s and leave it at that.
You know, I've been reading this contradictory, mixed message, insulting, agenda-pushing slop for decades now. I hope you, dear reader, can see why I am lapsing. I mean, I buy the things and take notes re: what I'm going to read -- and then I don't do it because I'm basically sick of s***.
Summer jobs for teenagers have become a precious commodity, and some parents — desperate for their teenagers to have work — are stepping in to fill the void. Whether they are doing research or helping run a shop, more teenagers are landing summer jobs working for mom and dad, say those who watch employment trends.
Uh-huh.
With competition from recent college graduates and retirees, entry-level summer jobs are often beyond the reach of teenagers....
Yeah, yeah, and the narrative is the kids quit after a day, blah, blah, blah, blah.
There are no figures on how many teenagers are working for their parents, but Kathleen Barron, who owns Accurate Resource Group in Westborough, says she is seeing the phenomenon.
I'll bet it is growing the economy (even as we shrink and fall behind).
“It’s definitely a trend that parents will try to help their kids get work, including hiring them,” says Barron, who helps small businesses with hiring and human resources. “There’s more this summer because unemployment is so high in that age group.”
Nancy Snyder, president and chief executive of the Commonwealth Corp., a quasi-state agency that develops summer jobs for youth in Massachusetts, says the arrangement makes sense. “Networks and families: that’s the way young people are finding jobs these days.”
It appears to be happening primarily among parents who are middle class or higher — and can afford to pay their teens to work for them, specialists note. Those youths who most need the work, in other words, have the most trouble finding it....
Yeah, but don't let that spoil the corn-kernel-in-a-turd enthusiasm and positive spin.
Of course, having a parent as an employer can present problems, too....
Doesn't seem to be that big a deal when the elite are handing off going concerns, although I must admit I see less "& Sons" businesses around these increasingly empty streets.
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