General Chat

THE YOUTH OF TODAY





DO THEY WANT TO WORK



DO THEY CARE ABOUT WHAT GOES ON AROUND THEM

some do, some wont!!!!!!!!

All depends on individual.

i worry about the youth of today

they seen to lack confidence

Work ........uuummmm ...I worked in a place where they employed some one to do teh cr*p jobs ..this included cleaning up dog mess and drains and the really nasty jobs for less than £6.00 an hour ...what kid ....let alone person wants to do that .....

So the young are torn between that sort of job and the dole which gives then the same amount of money to live on .

Whats going on around them!!! I guess like my kids say ....If you try to do anything or get involved you just get trouble !

I think a lot of them lack confidence as well.
My son (20) just passed his Health and Safety test today........he is really chuffed with himself :)
Hopefully he will be able to get some sort of job with that under his belt.

my 18yr old is in full time education and works at Mcdonalds as well.
He runs a car and works very hard to keep it on the road.

I have found the opposite..the kids out here seem to be so self assured and confident. Possibly because plenty of work and can almost pick their job i know my lot are anyway.
Those that dont work here generally are ones that choose not to

i have 2 teenage girls both still at school and both have jobs and loads of confidance....all comes down to the individual child i suppose...couldnt be more proud of ours if we tried..Rachel..xxxxxx

Hi all,
I do strongly believe that since we the parents have had the right to punish our children taken away, our children (not all) believe the have been given the right to do as they please knowing they can dob us in, I also believe that with the large amount of mixed drugs out there and lack of proper diet like we grew up with, they are always thinking there is a conspiracy against them, hence the violent reactions at nothing, we have a 29 yr old boy, he belives that we posted his picture around town at shops to stop the shops from selling smokes to him when he was 13, if you look at him sideways he seems to think he is being thought of in a bad way and a violent outburst erupts. While in a job he does put in good efforts, but starts to think he is working much harder than everyone and spits the dummy goes mad, throws things about then walks off the job.

The same comments were being made 50 years ago.

Kids are kids.

Both my kids worked while in their final years at school.
Daughter worked full time, then went part time while she did, and paid for her own uni education! Now just back from a teaching job in Japan and visit to work in Aus, and going on a course at Leeds to get a cert she needs to teach English in Europe.
Son had a difficult childhood with severe speech problems, now a trainee assistant bakery manager.
Working very difficult hours. (early mornings)
So it depends on their family example, if parents know all the ways to live on the dole kids learn it and follow suite.

My eldest worked part time whilst in 6th form. Shes now a student nurse and also does bank shifts at local hosp. my 16 yr old is year 11 and works part time. Shes goes to college hopefully in September, but will continue to work at weekends. They need encouragement sometimes but the more we do the more they expect.

I think that every generation has people that don't want to work and only think of themselves.

The youngsters today seem very like my generation at that age.

Most care very deeply about others and want to work and contribute to society..................a few are just plain lazy.

Parents haven't had the right to discipline taken away from them ...............we have a right and responsibility to teach right from wrong and make sure they aren't causing havoc when away from home.

No matter how hard we try though, some youngsters get into trouble, that's when the system lets us down and fails to punish them enough to stop them re-offending.

In my experience anyway.

xx

My daughter is 12 and half and cant wait until she can do a saturday job, she says its her way of contributing to me and her dad for giving her spending money until she is able to get her own.

It is completely up to her when she wishes to start. I had a paper round and found it an invaluable asset to aiding me to get a job when I left school even though I went to college first.

We have talked to both of our kids youngest 9 about being independant and assertive as we get older.

I also work with youngsters between 12 and 18 as an adult volunteer in the ACF and most kids really want to get out there and do something just that they are limited to what parents let them do and what jobs are available.

Catherine

As I did mention, not all are the same, I have seen it in many and personally with our eldest son, but our youngest has held his first job for near 2 yrs and gets on well with supervision and management.
Discipline laws are different between countries, we here in Aust can have charge of abuse if we wag the finger at them or raise our voice, teachers will suspend the child for disruption to avoid legal conflict with a child. It is so screwed up here.

I have 4 children and I'm lucky, 3 of them have jobs but the fourth works for himself.So ,yes , I'd say it depends on the person.


Maddyxx

I have to admit that since my op and being on pension 3 and half yrs, I have become quite lazy, I would love to get back and do the work I enjoy, but might cause probs, even gardening knocks me up.

Your discipline laws sound ridiculous!

Here, the children know all their rights and schools are very restricted in what they can do to punish bad behaviour.

I feel sorry for the children who always conform and behave..................no rewards for them.

xx

My son would love to be able to work....12 and a half...he really wants to do mowing,gardening etc (as i do for several people). he is perfectly competent and would do a good job...but unfortunately the law says he can't......
I wish he could as it would give him money he has earned himself and that sense of a job well done that he really enjoys.

Rose xx