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Should Teens Work?

2025/3/22
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Kim and Brad seek advice on their son's decision to prioritize a part-time job over high school sports. Their son, a sophomore, had a negative experience with volleyball and prefers working. The parents are unsure how to support his decision while ensuring his continued involvement in extracurricular activities.
  • Son prefers part-time job over high school sports
  • Parents seek guidance on supporting son's decision
  • Son had negative experience with school volleyball team

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Hi, Dr. Laura. Hi, how old are you folks and how long have you been married? I'm 48 and I'm 45 and we've been married for 20 fantastic years, Dr. Laura. Kim, did that make you smile? It did. It did. How come I don't feel convinced?

Not quite the topic. Yeah, that's not why we're calling. Sounds like it ought to be. All right, so why are you calling?

Our son is a sophomore and last year as a freshman he was very passionate about volleyball and all of his friends were on his team and he was on the team that was a freshman sophomore team so he felt like he was at a good level and then they because of his skills they they kind of demoted him to the freshman team.

which isn't super strange because he was a freshman, but he felt really bad that he was put down a level. But he made it through. He did a great job. And then this year, I think it left a bad taste in his mouth and he doesn't want to join again. In fact, he wants to do his job. Does he do any? I prefer he did that. Does he do any other sports? I hope.

He's done wrestling. And he's committed to that. He's been good and enjoyed that, but it's a small time of the year. It's a small part of the year, and we want the rest of the year him to be involved in something. Okay, when I hear volleyball, that's a team, and you have to be tall and healthy and do that. And he already got demoted, so he's not interested. And wrestling is not a team sport. It's a one-on-one. So there are... It's not just through the school. There are going to be...

teenage wrestling things going on in other places, just like not all volleyball is done through the school. There are clubs. So you may want to find a wrestling club. That's what he likes. So support what he likes, please.

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And what about the job, Dr. Laura? Is it okay if he says, well, I don't want to do the volleyball. I'd prefer to go and get a job at 16. That'd be great. In his mind, he feels like he's learning the same white skills. He's learning skills to be an adult. That would be great. So find a club. Tell him we'll find clubs wrestling for you, and we'll see how we can fit in some part-time work. We support you in that. Let's figure out how it works.

Support him. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. We just, we felt like, you know, we wanted him more in school as his job and we would even pay him as he needs money. Sir, he wants to earn it. Damn it. There are so few kids his age who have that concept and you have a kid who has that concept and you want to undermine it. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

I hear you. Thank you, Dr. Mora. Thank you. You're very welcome. And when you want to call about the Kim and Brad thing, you just let me know. Okay. All right. My number, 1-800-375-2872. That was kind of a fun call. My number, 1-800-375-2872.

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