Teens and Employment Dec 8 PTSA Meeting Topic

Upcoming PTSA meeting December 8, 2009Teens and Employment

– Should your teen have a job?
Jeylan Mortimer, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota and Principal Investigator, Youth Development Study. Author of Working and Growing Up in America. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003.

Based on the findings of the 20-year Youth Development Study, this presentation will provide information to parents about how to help their children make better decisions about whether to work or not, how many hours to work, and what kinds of jobs to seek.

http://southwest.mpls.k12.mn.us/PTSA_Info.html