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10 year olds with jobs

October 16th, 2008 at 04:44 pm

We are listening to an old Encyclopaedia Brown story.

Not only does encyclopedia have a booming detective business his friends have jobs. One is a lawn mower business.

Another story has the 10 year olds going camping, on their own.

This is shortly after reading the boxcar children. Where a 5 year old, 10 year old, a 12 year old and a 14 year old, make a home for themselves in a boxcar.

Were kids back in the day more capable, or just the ones in books?

Posted in Complaint department | 13 Comments »

13 Responses to “10 year olds with jobs”

  1. gamecock43 Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 05:04 pm 1224176640
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    hahaha!!...I never thought about that, but no, no ten year old today could run a lawn mower service.

  2. pretty cheap jewelry Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 05:32 pm 1224178325
    1224178325

    Just the ones in books PP...

  3. mom-from-missouri Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 05:44 pm 1224179043
    1224179043

    I think several generations ago they could have. But for the majority, not in todays world.

  4. monkeymama Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 06:06 pm 1224180391
    1224180391

    I think a little of both.

    I think parents baby their kids WAY too much these days. I'd say the same when I Was a child, but it's gotten to a level of ridiculousness.

    The stories you mention may be a bit extreme.

    The truth is somewhere in the middle.

  5. nanamom Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 06:23 pm 1224181428
    1224181428

    Remember back in the "day" 10 was only 3 or 4 years form potentially being married. 17 was approaching old maid status. Kids that age often had the responsibility on a farm that would astound us now a days. I think kids are more than capable of doing those kinds of things if they don't rot their brains with video games or expect everything handed to them. Nowadays kids can't even have a paper route because the adults have them. It isn't safe to send a 12 year old down the street to look for lawn mowing or snow removal customers because of the sex offenders around. The kids suffer for it.

  6. LuckyRobin Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 08:29 pm 1224188984
    1224188984

    Kids are capable of a lot. Honestly, I think the fact that they spend 6 to 8 hours a day in school or being transported to and from school takes a lot of that capability away from them, and their desire to do things for themselves. They don't get to spend the time needed to learn necessary life skills like cooking and cleaning and maintaining a yard, a home, a farm or whatnot. They aren't in their parents corner store working the cash register after school or their family restaurant being a waitress or waiter, they're doing homework (because apparently six hours of "education" a day isn't enough). They get so tired out mentally from their education they don't have a chance to learn anything real. I'm not saying learning isn't important, it's just so much of what they learn is repetive and useless and could be done in three or four hours instead of six, leaving time for real life skills, like running their own little businesses so they could grow up to run bigger ones.

    Of course, safety issues are big, too, now when they weren't so prevalent then.

  7. mom-from-missouri Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 11:18 pm 1224199119
    1224199119

    Lucky Robin, that is one reason to we homeschool. Doubling, tripling or halfing a recipe is a great way to learn fractions, a lot of lifes lessons my kids learn here on the farm.

    Several generations ago, (before the foster and social systems that are in place now), you had kids having their own businesses. They were the shoe shine boys, baggage runners at the bus and train depot, lawn mowers, window washers, ironing girls....Just watch some old Leave it to Beavers or read the Little House books for more!

  8. isabella Says:
    May 15th, 2009 at 01:09 pm 1242392999
    1242392999

    i think kids are babied too much and should be given some space i remember when i was 13 and i was trying to go out with my friends to the mall which was next to my house and they thought it was too far away so i got stuck at home on the computer and now i can scarcely get a job!!!!!!!!!!

  9. kittychic Says:
    May 15th, 2009 at 01:13 pm 1242393234
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    i think isabella is right i didnt get to start dating till i got out of high school!!! im 24 and i am getting married and my dad has been edging me to call it off i mean respect your parents but i thought when you grew up you were supposed to do anything to get on the road to happiness not get pushed by parents

  10. I LOVE COLBY SHH! Says:
    July 16th, 2009 at 12:25 am 1247703905
    1247703905

    I AM TEN AND I CAN'T FIND A JOB NOYHNG NOT EVEN PARENT HELPER THING

  11. I LOVE COLBY SHH! Says:
    July 16th, 2009 at 12:27 am 1247704038
    1247704038

    I MEANT I am ten and a i can't find a job not even mother helper what is up with that

  12. :>princess<: Says:
    June 15th, 2010 at 08:56 pm 1276635410
    1276635410

    I CANT EVEN DO MOTHER HELPER TO . OR ANNYTHING ELS.WHAT IS UP WHITH THAT?????BUT IM OFF TO GO FINED ONE ON THE THE COMPUTER AND IM JUST 10...............

  13. :>princess<: Says:
    June 15th, 2010 at 09:06 pm 1276635960
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    .I NEED MONNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    SOMONE GIVE ME A JOB. I WANT TO GO TO THE MALL ALONE WITH MY BFFSWITH OUT TRYING TO BEG FORE MONNY ...OR GO AN NY WHERE WITH OUT BEGGINNG .... DO YALL FEAL THAT WAY ?ALL U NEED IS A JOB SOM ONE HIRE MEEEEEEEEEEEE.
    :>:>:>:>:>:>:>:>:>:>:>:>:>:>:>:>:>:>:>::>:>:>:>:>:>:>:>::>:>:>:>:>:>:>:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:::::::::::::::::O;O;O;O;O;OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

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