HOME EDUCATION MAGAZINE: Preparing Your Teen for His First Job - Carol J. Alexa


/Washington News Articles/ - TONASKAT, WA, April 24, 2008 - http://www.homeedmag.com - April 22nd, 2008 - From the March - April 2008 Home Education Magazine -Preparing Your Teen for His First Job - Carol J. Alexa

She writes:

"In our home, education means life preparation. Everything we do with our children prepares them for the next stage of life. We potty train our toddlers so they graduate out of diapers. We teach them to read to enable them to learn more than we can show them. We teach them to count so they can balance their checkbooks. So how does one prepare a teen for his first job in the real world? One step at a time.

When our oldest turned 13, I suggested he volunteer at the public library. When he turned 14, he applied to a teen volunteer program at a local living history museum working as a blacksmith's apprentice. Although both jobs were volunteer positions, when he later applied for his first paying job dipping ice cream, he had something to include on a resume and job application.

However, the preparation went farther back still. Before your teen begins looking for that initial summer employment, you need to develop in them certain academic, social and practical life skills. To work in the library, Drew needed to be able to alphabetize, understand the Dewey Decimal System and use the card catalog. These academic skills he learned as part of our language arts studies. The museum had a rigorous application process. He had to fill out an application. He needed to know how to read a form and understand what it asked of him. That may sound trivial to those of us who have been filling out forms since we were 14, but this skill requires practice."

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