He has absolutely no plans for the summer, and I told my sister I'd try to find something for him to do.  He tried applying to be a busboy, but the restaurants said he's too young.  And that's the problem since he's a little old for camp and young for a part time job (unless it's on a farm which isn't conveinent). 

 

Any thoughts?  Specific ideas?

 

Oh, and he lives in a Cleveland suburb too.

Caddy at a country club.

http://www.cleveland.com/volunteer/index.ssf?/volunteer/more/work.html

 

http://www.cbgarden.org/Support/Volunteer.html

 

http://cms.clevelandclinic.org/body.cfm?id=443&oTopID=443

 

http://www.shakerlakes.org/volunteer_app.asp

Tell him to enjoy it, because soon enough he'll be stuck working..

 

Other than that, try undercutting landscapers and cut lawns around the neighborhood.

What about being a camp counselor? He's about the right age. They had 13-14 year olds helping out with my kid last summer at his day camp.

He has absolutely no plans for the summer, and I told my sister I'd try to find something for him to do.  He tried applying to be a busboy, but the restaurants said he's too young.  And that's the problem since he's a little old for camp and young for a part time job (unless it's on a farm which isn't conveinent). 

 

Any thoughts?  Specific ideas?

 

Oh, and he lives in a Cleveland suburb too.

 

ROFLMAO... When I was at that age there was never enough time in the summer. We usually took at least one vacation in the summer and sometimes I took a friend or friends depending on where we were going, then sometimes I went on their vacation too. I was never bored...

Also had my usual lawn maintenance customers, Had a paper route for a few years too, and still made time for the cute neighborhood girls...  Ahh... the good ole days!

i will definitely make those suggestions.

maybe make some suggestions for volunteering or starting some sort of project based on his interests or a cause that he's interested in.  you know how that one girl started a lemonade stand and now it's a gigantic foundation?

 

http://www.alexslemonade.org/

 

obviously it might not be that big but i guess what i'm getting at is helping him to find something that he can take ownership of and be proud of - and who knows where it might go.

I'm with MayDay: volunteering is definitely the way to go. He's got his whole life ahead of him to scratch out a wage servicing some wealthy so-and-so. If he's looking for an angle, I bet he could cash in the time as community service with his school. Maybe he can work out a matching wage from his folks. Heck, I'd pitch in a couple bucks.

so it seems like volunteering is the way to go

Have you looked at programs in University Circle?

 

My nephew has taken art classes at CIA for two summers in a row.  Its not free, but some offer "scholarships".

that's not really his thing. 

 

Also, I talked to him and he was pretty insistent that he wants a paying job this summer.  That, or he plays video games all day.

 

Other than a lemonade stand, is there anything a 14 year old can do for money these days?

that's not really his thing. 

 

Also, I talked to him and he was pretty insistent that he wants a paying job this summer.  That, or he plays video games all day.

 

Other than a lemonade stand, is there anything a 14 year old can do for money these days?

 

Well then it's really up to him to go out and get his hussle on.  Where in the 'burbs is he?

I caddied when I was 14. I didn't make sh!t that summer but I lost 20 pounds and had some nice school clothes the next fall. Tell him to caddy. He can do it at 14 and he'll make a lot of friends.

"Also, I talked to him and he was pretty insistent that he wants a paying job this summer.  That, or he plays video games all day."

 

Typical. :roll:

Also, I talked to him and he was pretty insistent that he wants a paying job this summer.  That, or he plays video games all day.

 

How about "No, you effing DON'T play video games."

 

I'm going to make such a great dad when my kids are teenagers.

Also, I talked to him and he was pretty insistent that he wants a paying job this summer.  That, or he plays video games all day.

 

How about "No, you effing DON'T play video games."

 

I'm going to make such a great dad when my kids are teenagers.

 

lol! ME TOO!

 

I won't be making the same mistakes my mom and pops did.

I think it depends on the parents as well.  My nephew created and sold painting last summer to pay for school clothes.  My niece baby sat and did a few commercials.  My middle nephew cut grass (as earlier suggested) and filled in for the paper boys that were going on summer vacations.

 

Sometimes kids need to pushed in different directions.  I high school I tutored the summer school kids.

I caddied when I was 14. I didn't make sh!t that summer but I lost 20 pounds and had some nice school clothes the next fall. Tell him to caddy. He can do it at 14 and he'll make a lot of friends.

 

I caddied from when I was 12 until I was 21.  I saved much of it and it paid my way through college (I made about $3k per summer average, less at first, more later on).  I guess you just have to be at the right club (and working hard doesn't hurt either).

I caddied when I was 14. I didn't make sh!t that summer but I lost 20 pounds and had some nice school clothes the next fall. Tell him to caddy. He can do it at 14 and he'll make a lot of friends.

 

I caddied from when I was 12 until I was 21.  I saved much of it and it paid my way through college (I made about $3k per summer average, less at first, more later on).  I guess you just have to be at the right club (and working hard doesn't hurt either).

 

thats a lot.  I think i'm going to insist my brother send my nephew over to SSHC or CC!  Although, my nephew hates golf.

Also, I talked to him and he was pretty insistent that he wants a paying job this summer.  That, or he plays video games all day.

 

How about "No, you effing DON'T play video games."

 

I'm going to make such a great dad when my kids are teenagers.

 

I love it when people tell me I'd be a good parent - you can only imagine my reaction if I had a kid who said "I'm gonna play video games all day..."

 

MayDay, I think you would.  Your kids would have COMMON SENSE and I'm sure you'd be a very hands on parent and wouldn't take any sh!t. 

 

Me I always say I'd beat my kids butt, but if I was the type of parent, I am as an uncle I would be such a softee.

Hah, you guys are funny

Eparabola, when I was 14, I was hanging up my News Herald bag and picking up an ice cream scoop.  I worked at East Coast Custard most of that summer and fall.  I don't know if they still hire young kids, but it might be a place to look (or something similar)...

Do kids have paper routes anymore?

 

I did.

 

Yup.

Put Your Teen to Work: http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=8176480

 

5 years delivering the Cleveland Press.  90+ customers, all of them placed in the front door, 1/2 acre lots!  Bike during the summer, walking in the winter.  Many nights I didn't get home until after dark.

Dan...You're a legend.  In your own mind!  LOL :evil:

 

As my grandfather would say, that's how the paper should be delivered.  He yells at his paper boy if the paper is not on the welcome mat.

From age 11-14 I had a Detroit Free Press route in the morning (up at 5AM 7 days a week) and twice-weekly afternoon local paper route on top of that. Freep was about 75 customers. The local was the same. Between the screen doors or in the mailbox NO exceptions. God how I feared the Thanksgiving Day edition... 

Every time I tried getting a paper route when I was younger, they always said they wanted adults who could do routes in their cars.

Every time I tried getting a paper route when I was younger, they always said they wanted adults who could do routes in their cars.

 

That's what I figured nowadays. I can't remember the last time I saw an actual paperboy/girl. Just those amateurs in their F-150s who are lucky to even land a paper at the foot of the driveway. My customers NEVER would've stood for that.

^ No way! They had to go inside the paper box or wherever specified by customer. Back when you could 'cut' through peoples yards.

Yeah they should be giving young kids more jobs these days. Damn child labor laws. I was a little hustler. I pulled peoples weeds, mowed grass, shoveled snow, cleared cigarette butts out of gravel, even had a lemonaid stand that I built myself. The most money I ever made though was from buying baseball/basketball/football cards in packs and reselling them. I wish I still had those cards; they would probably be paying for my college right now. I had Ken Griffey, Tracy McGrady rookie cards and Jose Canseco cards from early in his career, etc.

Every time I tried getting a paper route when I was younger, they always said they wanted adults who could do routes in their cars.

 

That's what I figured nowadays. I can't remember the last time I saw an actual paperboy/girl. Just those amateurs in their F-150s who are lucky to even land a paper at the foot of the driveway. My customers NEVER would've stood for that.

 

My grandfather is like "Herbert" from Family Guy (minus the pedophilia) when it comes to his paper.  He calls the paperboy, AKA his great grandson, and cusses him out if that paper is not on his welcome mat by 6:45 AM.

 

I keep telling him to read it on the internet.  He told me he likes his paper the old fashion way, in print in his hand. And if "that boy" can't deliver it and be proud of what he is doing, then he doesn't need to deliver the paper.  But as long as he does he isn't going to bring any shame to his family name, so "that boy" better do right.

 

So if you ever see a white haired old man walking up and down East Blvd, between St. Clair and Superior, yelling at people, thats my grand father!

My brother still complains about only paying him a quarter to help me deliver!  That Thanksgiving Day edition was the worst!  The Press had no Sunday edition, but thanksgiving had to be delivered in the morning and it was twice as large as any sunday.  Couldn't carry them all at once, had to make a couple of trips.

Haha my mom always used the cop out "you're going to learn the value of a dollar" excuse when I was underpaid for stuff. Later it turned into another cliche: "all you need is a car that will get you from point A to point B!"