I had a helmet stolen at 11 years old, this was right when we implemented a law for bicycle helmets. I was given a ticket that day and my parents expected me to go door to door asking if I could do lawn work for money. Anyway I had to pay like 300$ since it just sat and accrued for 5 years when I wanted my drivers license. They fucked me bad.
Yep I worked on a farm as a farmhand. Shoveling shit from stalls, feeding down sawdust from the holding room (great way to ruin shoes), and feeding the cows/horses/sheep.
Great experience in hindsight, but it was fucking work. I was getting paid $2.50/hr btw.
Started babysitting at 12. I almost said the only break I had was with a full time schedule in college but actually I was a student worker part time during the semester and full time in the summer. sigh
Good idea. Mine was kind of forced, my dad had hip surgery and I had to take over the lawn duties at 12 so I tried to make a little money with it. Not worth it.
I was helping my dad clean his apartments starting at age 10. I had some money to spend on things, but I regret working. I wish I could have spent that time making friends instead so I'd have fun memories to look back on. By the time I graduated high school I was so burnt out from school and from working for the past 8 years that I didn't feel like doing anything, and I got payed so little from cleaning the apartments that I didn't even really have much to show for all my work. If I can ever afford to have kids they're not going to spend their childhood working.
Same here. De-tasseling all summer starting at 14, and I had a part-time job at my HS during the school year starting Freshman year and going through my Senior year.
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u/phillynavydude 9h ago
Since 14..