AJC 7/14/18 page A2
article, Summer jobs for teens making a slight comeback reports that 50% of
teens had summer jobs in 2000. That dropped to 30% after the 2008 Meltdown, but
has increased to 35% in 2018.
This is a good sign
and I hope to see teen employment return to 50% soon. It gives them work experience and builds
their self-reliance when they earn their own money. They need to work to mature
into responsible adults earlier than they have been.
All of my 6 kids
worked part-time and summer jobs in Atlanta Metro from 1983 to 1996. We saw a
decline in teen employment in the 1980s when most teens just hung out a Malls.
In the 1970s, teen employment was common and you saw them in grocery stores,
retail shops and fast food places.
From the 1980s to 2017
we’ve seen adults take over these jobs.
Immigrants flooded in and US teens lost their starter jobs. The young
adults who have been working in fast food need higher paying jobs in
manufacturing and warehousing and other industries that pay more.
Businesses that rely
on minimum wage employees will need to re-establish their part-time student
jobs as under-employed adults leave them for jobs that offer more pay, like
manufacturing and warehouse jobs.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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