3 Surprising Reasons Every Teen Needs a Part-Time Job

Launch Your Teens Podcast EPISODE 4  Title: 3 Surprising Reasons Every Teen Needs a Part-Time Job (10 min)

This episode also includes a hilarious idea for making your teen want to go out and get a part-time job.

In this episode, you'll learn:

1. How working a part-time job increases the odds that a teen will be academically successful in college.

2. How the advice of author Meg Jay can help your kids leave behind fake, empty confidence and develop genuine professional confidence.

3. The most interesting points Jeffrey J. Selingo made about this subject in his acclaimed Washington Post article.

Do you worry that having a job might damage your kid's GPA?

Read the helpful, reassuring article I've written on this subject here.

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What is the Launch Your Teens podcast?

At Launch Your Teens, parents of kids ages 12–26 learn how to set their kids up to graduate college completely debt-free, ready to jump directly into careers they excel at and love—even if they don’t get a single scholarship. If you’re new to Launch Your Teens, be sure to listen to all of episode 1 as soon as you can. It’s just 23 minutes long, and it gives you all the most important foundation you need for this journey.

Who is Jeannie Burlowski?

Jeannie is a full-time academic strategist, speaker, and podcast host, and she is the author of the book LAUNCH: How to Get Your Kids Through College Debt-Free and Into Jobs They Love Afterward. Her speaking, podcasting, and writing help parents set their kids up to graduate college debt-free and move directly into careers they excel at and love. Her work has been featured in publications such as The Huffington Post, USA Today, NerdWallet, and US News and World Report, and on CBS News.

Jeannie also helps students apply to law, medical, business, and grad school at her website GetIntoMedicalSchool.com. You can follow her on Twitter @JBurlowski.

This episode is sponsored by Signature Orthodontics in St. Paul and White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Online at SignatureSmilesMN.com.