where are all the teenagers at?

[Pluto 2]

in my day when there was a lot of snow meant money time. shoveling clearing off their cars etc. i dont see no teenagers outside making money or at least get some fresh air playing in it, get away from the video games and the internet for a little while and make some money. and where are all these people who say they cant find a job this will be a perfect time to make some money under the table. im talking about the young people who say they cant find a job. if your older of course it will be bad on your back etc.

 

[TaraPA]

Hey where are you - I'll send my kid over! He's 12 & been snowblowing driveways since yesterday. He's exhausted but the power of the almighty buck has kept him motivated! I'm hoping this instills some sort of work ethic in him for future employment!

 

[MushyMushy]

We just paid $20 (and we added $10 to it) for 3 boys who just came by to shovel our walk.

 

[Sleepy]

It is cold and that is too much like work.

 

[Robinrs]

We rarely get snow but we do get ice. I've had my son clean off the steps and driveways of elderly neighbors for free since he was 10. I tell him to knock on their door and ask first and tell them it's for FREE. He'd get tips and gifts and stuff all thru the year for this!

 

[luvmy3]

My friend's son makes up fliers and gives them to all the neighbors in our subdivision. He and his friend do all sorts of jobs every season and they make pretty good money.

 

[catycatcat4]

If it snowed her i would so take advantage of the chance to make money off of it.

 

[3prettyprincesses]

No kidding. Up where we are, we got over 3 feet of snow. We offered our neighbor's teenage son (he's 15) $20 to shovel a path. He thought it was a joke. I guess I should've known better because later that day he tried to drive his mom's caravan through a wall of snow!

Our other neighbors are older (early 50's) and have a 19 year old son. They were shoveling out their cars AND his car! He was inside. Apparently he's too good for shoveling!

I don't get it either. When I was a kid, we walked to our neighbors homes and offered to shovel their driveways for $5. Almost everyone took us up on it and they tipped good too!

 

[puffkin]

I didn't see any kids in our neighborhood shoveling either. I must say though, as far as playing...the snow was just too deep here for the little guys to play in. It was taller than DS3 at spots. He ran around the driveway a little, but other than that he couldn't do much out there.

 

[Ohiodislover]

Where have all the teenagers gone?....Yada Yada Yada


(been at work 96 out of 120 hours...excuse me please)

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

in my day when there was a lot of snow meant money time. shoveling clearing off their cars etc. i dont see no teenagers outside making money or at least get some fresh air playing in it, get away from the video games and the internet for a little while and make some money. and where are all these people who say they cant find a job this will be a perfect time to make some money under the table. im talking about the young people who say they cant find a job. if your older of course it will be bad on your back etc.

I'm 17. I shoveled out my own driveway today. As tedious and not-tiring as it was, my back still hurts. Most of my friends shovel out theirs. Sorry we don't do your work for you, even if we would get paid.

 

[Tinker'n'Fun]

My kids have to do ours, their grandmother's and the older woman (93 God bless her heart) next door. Plus if school is cancelled here, students are required to get the days work off the internet and complete it. So there really isn't anytime to do any more or play. Back when I was little though, we loved shoveling the whole neighborhood. I guess times have really changed.

 

[DizBelle]

Question - supposed a neighbor kid came to my house to shovel off my driveway for $20 or so. Then, suppose he slipped and fell and got injured. Would I be liable?

 

[NMAmy]

Question - supposed a neighbor kid came to my house to shovel off my driveway for $20 or so. Then, suppose he slipped and fell and got injured. Would I be liable?

And this may be why you don't see as many kids doing it anymore.

Like Robin, dd, dh and I used to help our neighbors at no charge just to be neighborly. DD's away at college, but DH did the sidewalks two houses down on either side when he cleared our driveway yesterday. We have a snow blower so it's much faster. Since he's doing ours anyway, it takes the pressure off the neighbors to get out there. We get fined for not having sidewalks cleared and most of our neighbors are retired.

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

My oldest, 12, offered to help his grandfather (who refused, but thanked him) and is now on his way to help a very elderly woman with her driveway. He doesn't charge a cent. I have no idea how he turned out so great, because I had to be forced to help others as a child.

Must come from his mother's side of the family...

Oh yeah, he only does our drive and walkways when I am out of town. I prefer to do it myself (exercise).

 

[Pluto 2]

My oldest, 12, offered to help his grandfather (who refused, but thanked him) and is now on his way to help a very elderly woman with her driveway. He doesn't charge a cent. I have no idea how he turned out so great, because I had to be forced to help others as a child.

Must come from his mother's side of the family...

Oh yeah, he only does our drive and walkways when I am out of town. I prefer to do it myself (exercise).

glad to see there is still some very good kids out there.

 

[hereyago]

Because they can't text and shovel at the same time.

 

[Starbrite]

DS13 always shovels us out & cleans off my car without me even asking.

My neighborhood is mostly older people who wouldn't be able to shovel the 30+ inches we've had now. I tried to tell him he could make a killing for $15-$20 each. He just wasn't interested in making any money They just wanted to play in it.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

Well, I don't know where the OP lives, but whenever there was a big snow in my town on a weekday all the teenagers were busy at school. Then when they got home they would shovel their own drives and some, if they had time, might offer to do the same for neighbors. Snow shoveling was a weekend business.

With regard to those rather rare snow days when it isn't too cold to be outside for more than a few minutes without a threat of frostbite, then you have a point.

 

[Indiana Rose Lee]

Their parents won't let them talk to the neighbors. They might be kidnapped.