Summer is upon us and teens are out looking for jobs in force. Unfortunately, this might be the one year that jobs for teens may be scarce. The economy has dealt a blow to many businesses and they are laying off workers by the handful. Even younger teens need the money now and they are trying to get jobs for the very first time. This poses the question whether ages- and– are really too young to be working?

The problem with jobs for 13 and 14 year olds is that there are not too many of them. Kids that age are too young to be hired and so companies don’t have anything for them. Children who have just become teenagers are kind of on their own to try and drum up something in their neighborhood to raise a little extra money.