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Why fewer kids work the kind of summer jobs that their parents used to have

  • Written by Elliot Lasson, Professor of the Practice and Graduate Program Director, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Why fewer kids work the kind of summer jobs that their parents used to haveThe summer jobs of the days of old are becoming fewer and fewer.Paulette Kaytor/www.shutterstock.com

Back in the day, most teens had some sort of job lined up for the summer. For some, it was an extension of an after-school job they held during the year. For others, it was a seasonal type of job such as working at a drugstore or as a lifeguard in a...

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