Posted on 05/01/2014 4:59:17 AM PDT by MulberryDraw
My oldest got a summer job with a local painter when he was 15. This will be his fourth summer working for the painter - a great skill set to have as a future homeowner and good honest work. This school year he also worked part time at a restaurant. My second oldest just turned 15, and a few days later he put in applications at a few places he could walk to or ride his bike to from our house. Glad they both have a sense of industriousness. Hope my younger two show the same when the time comes.
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Colossians 3:23 ESV / 434 helpful votes
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
2 Thessalonians 3:10 ESV / 303 helpful votes
For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 207 helpful votes
In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 161 helpful votes
Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
Proverbs 10:4 ESV / 150 helpful votes
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Acts 20:35 ESV / 119 helpful votes
In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 117 helpful votes
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
Proverbs 12:11 ESV / 106 helpful votes
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.
Proverbs 21:25 ESV / 90 helpful votes
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 75 helpful votes
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 73 helpful votes
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Proverbs 22:29 ESV / 54 helpful votes
Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 53 helpful votes
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
Psalm 128:2 ESV / 48 helpful votes
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
2 Thessalonians 3:6-9 ESV / 41 helpful votes
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.
Ephesians 4:28 ESV / 41 helpful votes
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
Matthew 5:16 ESV / 38 helpful votes
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 37 helpful votes
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
Proverbs 20:13 ESV / 36 helpful votes
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
Proverbs 20:4 ESV / 35 helpful votes
The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 35 helpful votes
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 ESV / 31 helpful votes
Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.
Psalm 127:1 ESV / 31 helpful votes
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
Ecclesiastes 5:12 ESV / 28 helpful votes
Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.
Genesis 2:15 ESV / 28 helpful votes
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
1 Corinthians 15:58 ESV / 25 helpful votes
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 25 helpful votes
The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Genesis 2:1-25 ESV / 24 helpful votes
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground,
Deuteronomy 8:18 ESV / 23 helpful votes
You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
1 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 20 helpful votes
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
Hebrews 4:10 ESV / 19 helpful votes
For whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.
Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 19 helpful votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
1 Peter 4:10-11 ESV / 18 helpful votes
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
James 1:4 ESV / 18 helpful votes
And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Hebrews 6:10 ESV / 18 helpful votes
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
1 Thessalonians 5:7 ESV / 18 helpful votes
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night.
Colossians 3:17 ESV / 18 helpful votes
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Proverbs 24:30-34 ESV / 18 helpful votes
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
Proverbs 11:1 ESV / 17 helpful votes
A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.
Galatians 6:7-9 ESV / 16 helpful votes
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Proverbs 27:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes
Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
Proverbs 16:1 ESV / 16 helpful votes
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:18 ESV / 15 helpful votes
For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.”
1 Thessalonians 5:14 ESV / 15 helpful votes
And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.
Proverbs 28:19 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
Hosea 14:9 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
Isaiah 49:4 ESV / 14 helpful votes
But I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the Lord, and my recompense with my God.”
1 Timothy 5:13-14 ESV / 13 helpful votes
Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not. So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.
Proverbs 30:15 ESV / 11 helpful votes
The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”:
Luke 16:10 ESV / 10 helpful votes
“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
Ecclesiastes 11:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes
In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
Psalm 127:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes
It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.
2 Peter 1:5-8 ESV / 9 helpful votes
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 4:25-32 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil. Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Proverbs 6:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Joshua 3:3-5 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And commanded the people, “As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it. Yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about 2,000 cubits in length. Do not come near it, in order that you may know the way you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.” Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”
1 Corinthians 9:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
Matthew 5:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Job 3:11-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
“Why did I not die at birth, come out from the womb and expire? Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should nurse? For then I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept; then I would have been at rest, with kings and counselors of the earth who rebuilt ruins for themselves,
Genesis 2:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
Not only teens, I’d add 20 - 25 year olds in the group that isn’t interested in working unless they can run the company.
Another hidden economic impact of the Obama/Pelosi fiasco, as enabled by Roberts at SCOTUS. Couple the restricted hours with the increased cost of college and it becomes clear that saddles them with more debt to achieve that sheepskin. This is the millstone that needs to be hung around every lib-prog running for office this fall. Forget amount of enrollments or increased insurance costs as issues - make it real for the future generation.
Ding, ding. We have a winner! Parents have only themselves to blame for Jr. being lazy. When kids get EVERYTHING under the stars given to them, why should they work. Back in the day, either you got a summer job to buy your first car or you walked. We used to look forward to making money during the summers. It helped build a good work ethic. This is another in the long line of life lessons today's kids aren't learning.
When I was young (quite some time ago :) my work ethic was formed by two things:
First, my Dad. He busted his ass for the phone company for 40 years. He was my greatest role model.
Second, my summer jobs. Did lots of things. Mostly being a janitor at our church. Hard work. Stripping/waxing floors, cleaning bathrooms, washing windows. Lots of sweat and dirty hands.
The attitude I learned during this time has helped me all my life.
But my, my, how things have changed.
Part of it is lazy kids but it’s mostly the government. It used to be that kids could take their mower and mow lawns, or find odd jobs, or in rural communities find a farm to work on. But the government has so many regulations that those jobs have to go to someone who is insured, bonded, and many other regulations that make it a paper nightmare to even give a kid some temp work to do. Then there is the liability issue. Just casually hire a kid to do some odd jobs and the risk of getting sued for some injury or whatever is not worth it.
not all
• Recruiting. DOD Announces Recruiting Numbers for Fiscal 2014 through October 2013
o Army – 4,210 accessions, with a goal of 4,120; 102 percent
o Navy – 2,155 accessions, with a goal of 2,155; 100 percent
o Marine Corps – - 2,254 accessions, with a goal of 2,252; 100 percent
o Air Force – 1,770 accessions, with a goal of 1,764; 100 percent
I think this is the winner!
Parents, don’t want to be parents anymore—they want to be “best friends” with their spoiled brats.
“What’s going on? “
Mommy and daddy give them everything they want or need-—just like the government will at a later date.
Too many creature comforts, coupled with a dearth of challenges. Some studies are showing these kids don't even value winning over losing.
Great job, liberals. Your "everyone-gets-a-trophy-no-matter-what" bullshite won the day.
1) Thanks to MADD, a 16 year old can no longer get a drivers license as soon after their birthday as they can pass the test. With probationary periods, mandatory 6 month training periods, increasingly tight Cinderella restrictions, etc., as a practical matter most teens now don’t drive till their 18, if then. Hard to get to the mall or the drive-thru for your shift then, unless Mom or Dad want to drive you. Which typically they don’t.
2) Even if you can run the legal gauntlet and get a license, at that age your insurance will likely cost you more than you will make for 20 hrs. per week at minimum wage.
3) Yeah, lots of kids grow up in affluent homes where Mommy and Daddy give them everything they want anyway. So why work?
4) For the others, more income jeopardizes Mom’s benefits. So DON’T WORK!
5) Strict enforcement of child labor laws in many states (I know of businesses in Michigan that have been fined if an sudit reveals a teen employee punching out ONE MINUTE LATE for their required break) causes most employers to prefer adults anyhow.
6) With a lot of the prevailing attitudes of these Millenials, you probably don’t want them as employees anyhow.
I had a job outside the house when I was 14. I picked peas even younger than that for $3/bushel. When I was 16 I rode my bike to mow 3 lawns in a neighborhood that was 2 miles from my parents house. I never was paid an allowance at home. We were expected to work/help around the house. I think kids are just lazy these days. They need to learn that: “the world does not owe me a living”. Also, the children of wealthy people pay other people to mow their lawns, paint their houses, landscaping, hire plumbers, etc.
The fact is their parents may have been the same way. I am surprised, even in my office full of lumber brokers, how totally inept most of the guys are when it comes to small home repair, building and maintenance projects. Some guys/girls just hate to do that kind of stuff. Others are intimidated by it. They just do not know how to start. They do not have the tools or even know what to buy. The old statement:”its not rocket science” , really does apply.
The funniest story about stupid new homeowners happened about 5 years ago. One of the guys I work with bought his first house. He called another guy to ask: “Who do I call to fill up my well?” The next day he called him back to ask him why the cordless drill he had borrowed would not drill a hole? He told him: “you have it in reverse.” I swear these are both true stories. This guy is in his thirties. His dad was a LT Cornell in the US Air Force. They had lived all over the world.
Even on most of these HGTV “Flip This House” type shows it is amazing how little work the actual “house flipper” does. They hire contractors to do all the dirty work. Some even have a GC arrange everything for them. They are just the real estate broker and bank. Typically, this is not the case in the real world. The house flippers I have known, always get their hands dirty. Most of them are contractors of some type and the bank or they have a $500k bank line.
I guess there are nearly as many individual reasons why younger folks don't work as there are younger folks.
However, the dirty little secret is that workforce participation for young folks has dropped because, well, it's just a lot less worthwhile for many younger folks to work than it was in the past.
For typical, moderately-bright, middle class kids who anticipate applying to selective colleges and universities, holding a paying job may be the worst way to spend one’s after-school or summer hours.
“There's One for You, Nineteen for Me”
On the one hand, any of these kids working for the actual money are getting taken for a ride. The way financial aid works at most colleges, colleges are under the impression that the only thing for which high schoolers work is to pay college tuition. Therefore, when calculating how much of the tuition bite the young person will pay, out of his own pocket, the school usually assumes that most or all money previously saved will be spent on college over the course of four years, and thus, expect the student to contribute about one-fourth of his wealth per year to tuition, room, board, etc.
On the other hand, if a young person has nearly no savings in his own name, that will maximize the amount of financial aid for which he is eligible. You get more money for having earned less money. Talk about going Galt.
Bottom line - students who work and accumulate significant savings wind up paying nearly all those additional savings from work to the college of their choice.
Increasing Competition for Selective Colleges
It's a lot harder to get into top colleges today then years ago. Harvard admitted 5.9% of its applicants this year. That number was nearly 20% two decades ago. So it goes with most selective schools. Small differences in GPAs, test scores, and extracurriculars can mean big differences in who lets you in and who keeps you out.
The tradeoff that might exist in better grades, and greater participation in extracurriculars versus earning a few bucks down at McDonald's may very well favor the former over the latter, especially for students who plan to apply to selective schools.
Similarly, in summer, there are all sorts of activities for high school students that will enhance their applications to college. Unpaid internships, especially related to one's prospective field of study, are generally better on college apps than minimum wage jobs at the local garden store or fast food place.
Excuse Me, Whatever Became of that Thirteenth Amendment Thingy?
As well, there is a huge, huge built-in bias toward unpaid work now in the system. Most high schools require community service hours (unpaid labor) to graduate. Most selective colleges look very favorably on the young person who dedicates his off-hours to volunteer work at the local nursing home, or teaching underprivileged children after school at the local elementary school, or some similar unpaid job.
Thus, in many cases, these young folks aren't not working. It's just that the system has been re-defined so that what folks once upon a time might have been paid for now receive no pay, only recognition on college applications.
When I was in high school, I worked a clinic for developmentally-disabled children at the local university. Paid gig. Related to my prospective major. It was a real catch. The same position now, at the same university, in the same facility is now an unpaid “community service” position.
When my older brother was in high school, he worked at a nursing home, and was paid for his efforts. Wash dishes, clean up around the place, play with the old folks, when there was time, just odds and ends. My younger son got a similar gig at a nearby nursing home for the last couple of years, but it was an unpaid “community service” position to fulfill his community service hours required to graduate high school.
From every angle, it is the folks who run things who have constructed social systems that have considerably reduced opportunities for paying jobs for young people while at the same reducing the actual value of paid work to those young people who might be most motivated to work.
This one really, really pisses me off.
Last night I had two teens in my living room who are trying to get jobs. They’d already figured out that following instructions and filling out online applications wasn’t going to work. They were discussing strategies. How to cut and style their hair and dress to give a professional appearance. That they’d have to find out when managers work to get an in-person talk. How to look someone in the eye and shake their hands. What not to say to turn managers off.
This scene has played out in my living room for the last 5 years. They know darn well that they’re in a tough jab market and they’re competing with adults, not other kids. (One McDonalds here doesn’t have ONE employee under 25. Some are over 50. Granted, it’s the cleanest, politest, best-run McDonalds that I’ve ever been at...)
College kids have it the worse. As my son said, “Why would they hire me and have to work around my school schedule, when they can hire a 40 year old empty nest house wife who’ll be their b*tch?”
The kids are stepping up their game, but I see the burnout after about two months of constant rejection. The younger ones take volunteer positions, hoping to impress someone enough that they’ll get the paid position when one opens up.
The entire premise of this article is that teens aren’t working during a ‘recovering economy’ and that it B******T. This economy is crap. Jobs with traditionally high turnover rates are now being filled by parents and grandparents and they aren’t letting them go so easily.
At our store, baggers work for tips only. When my son tried to apply to be a bagger, the boss took him into his office and showed him a stack of papers almost a foot thick. He said, “these are all the people ahead of you.”
Back in TX, the kids were begging farmers to move hay for 10 cents a bale. At least twice a month, I’ve got a kid banging on my door, begging to mow my lawn, wash my car, or do whatever I want. They are stunningly professional. And we’re talking twelve year olds.
Yes, there are losers in this age group, but the bulk of them are not losers. The highschool kids give up hope. The college kids realize that they can’t win, but they can save money by taking summer classes and graduating early, so they admit defeat in the job market, and step up in school.
Because of Obamacare, employers are cutting hours, so even if you GET a job, the won’t give you more than 25 hours, just to be safe. Forget anything with benefits for the 19-24 year olds. And you’d damn well better be available when they need you, so juggling school and a crap job or two jobs is almost impossible.
How bad is it? Now that the army is drawing down, the recruiters are being very picky. My SIL is frustrated because he’s struggling to get a recruiter to even call him back. Yesterday, he came to the realization that he was going to start visiting - to become the guy’s best friend in order to get a shot at even being looked at.
This freaking idiotic article is built on the premise that kids aren’t working in an economy that’s just doing peachy. High school kids don’t have a shot unless they know or are related to someone who can help them get a foot in the door. THAT is why they say ‘forget this.’
Oh, and ONE MORE THING that’s hurting these kids: The price of freaking gasoline. If they’ve got to travel for 30 minutes to take a four hour shift, it’s going to cost them 25-50% of their earnings from that shift just to get back and forth to work. Rural kids are in real trouble on that front. This was a huge problem for my kids when we were living in rural TX. My daughter was driving a gas-guzzling beater (like most first vehicles) and her job was 30 minutes one way. It took 4 gallons to get there and home. On days when she’d be asked to fill in or do a half shift, she’d end up PAYING to go to work.
So these kids are learning fast how to market themselves and they’re trying like hell to get a foot in the door. The wiser ones are taking work more seriously when the do manage to get something because they know that they’re expendable. Teens still living with their parents are giving up because there is NO HOPE for them.
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“you got a summer job to buy your first car or you walked”
Now, their parents buy them used BMW’s or new Toyotas.
At least in the town I live in.
Cornell should be Colonel.
Damn you spell checker.
Well I think everyone has lost a grasp on reality. It goes up to people in their 20’s with very little experience that apply for my open positions that want 70-80K with no real world experience in what I want although they may have tons of education and certifications. I always prefer proven work experience and even then you are generally not worth that salary range in your 20’s. This is IT work.
Lot’s of older people in their 30’s and 40’s also that do not understand that “vacation” is not that you take off whenever you want to but is a set amount of time. And they do not get taking sick days and personal days all the time year in and year out = lazy in the mind of hiring managers like myself.
We'd pick those damn cherries all day long then the truck would take us come at the end of the day.
We only got paid 60 cents per lug and you could only pick maybe 8 to 10 lugs a day........
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