I know that a lot of the high school.kids at my job are doing it for the "treats". I would say at least a couple are doing it to cover up weed dealing money from their parents. Honestly, as school funding starts going to shit and after school stuff goes away and there are no community centers, high school friend groups get jobs so they can hang out together.
I guess that's all a long way of saying that we don't have to force kids to work. We just have to make it look like fun and make sure it's the only thing to do after school. We have had 15 year olds disappointed that we don't hire under 16. They wanna be like their friends who work and can buy shiny stuff.
I know that a lot of the high school.kids at my job are doing it for the "treats". I would say at least a couple are doing it to cover up weed dealing money from their parents. Honestly, as school funding starts going to shit and after school stuff goes away and there are no community centers, high school friend groups get jobs so they can hang out together.
I guess that's all a long way of saying that we don't have to force kids to work. We just have to make it look like fun and make sure it's the only thing to do after school. We have had 15 year olds disappointed that we don't hire under 16. They wanna be like their friends who work and can buy shiny stuff.