access for teens with jobs

[blinkandimgone]

Sort of...maybe a room and board style arrangement. CP still has to maintain the home for when kid returns. I see this as similar to a kid being in residence for school, if tbat makes sense.

 

[Tayken]

Sort of...maybe a room and board style arrangement. CP still has to maintain the home for when kid returns. I see this as similar to a kid being in residence for school, if tbat makes sense.

Most educational institutes worth their weight have cooperative education programs. Kids never come back home from them. They move on to employment opportunities.

When a kid is in residence, child support doesn't continue.

Child support eventually ends... Like I say... there aren't any able-bodied and minded children >25 getting CS. The only way a "child of the marriage" can get CS paid to a parent is if they are living with said parent and attending full-time school.

 

[mcdreamy]

I’m not here to argue because in my mind stopping a teen from having a job because a parent wants to demand their parenting time is crappy in my opinion. So what a parent forces a teen to come during the summer and then that parent goes to work every day and teen just sits around the house? Jobs keep teens out of trouble, jobs teach teens responsibility. You won’t convince me that a parents time should trump a teen having a job and learning valuable life skills and if that makes me a crappy parent then oh well, I will gladly be a crappy parent for a few years so our teens can have those experiences and learn those lessons that first jobs provide

Crappy parent checking in!

Our kidlet was employed as a camp counselor for 4-5 years running, would leave Sundays at noon and return the following Saturday at 1pm. Mad laundry dash, some real food, sleep, re-packing in a 24 hour turn-around. There were definitely many 2-3 week periods when she didn't see the ex. And I think the skills she learned in that counseling position definitely gives her an edge now when she's applying for programs and grants.

 

[Berner_Faith]

Crappy parent checking in!



Our kidlet was employed as a camp counselor for 4-5 years running, would leave Sundays at noon and return the following Saturday at 1pm. Mad laundry dash, some real food, sleep, re-packing in a 24 hour turn-around. There were definitely many 2-3 week periods when she didn't see the ex. And I think the skills she learned in that counseling position definitely gives her an edge now when she's applying for programs and grants.

There isn’t a doubt in my mind your daughter has gained valuable life skills from this! Our jobs as parents is to set our children up for success, not preventing them from spreading their wings. Good for you for giving your daughter this opportunity


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[rockscan]

Crappy parent checking in! .

Mcdreamy, you have worked really hard to work with your ex as difficult as that was. Im sure that when your kid was working this job you attempted to accommodate your ex to have time with kid. Its more the parents who use these types of situations as an excuse for kids to not spend time with their other parent. Or parents who do everything they can to get kid fired because they dont want to compromise on “their” time.