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His Lordship: Lazy 14-Year-Old Hooligan! Get a Job!

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jul 29th 2011 3:00PM

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"Boy for sale!"
A member of Britain's House of Lords is beginning to sound like something out of "Oliver Twist." Lord Jones says he's had it up here with hooligans and wants to put them to work. Half a mo', guvnah. ...British lord says lazy nippers ought to be taken out of school and put to work.
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What the heck do you do with a teen in the summer?

by Heather Craven, Posted Jul 12th 2007 10:29AM

It used to be that I planned out every summer week down to the hour as to how my kids would spend their days. Their were sports camps, academic camps, some day sitters, music camps, etc. Nearly every minute of their almost three months of freedom was ...
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Summer jobs for teens, a good thing?

by Heather Craven, Posted Jun 13th 2006 5:05PM

By the time U.S. teens reach the age of 16, nearly half of them enter the workforce during the summer months. Many parents think this is best for their kids; it teaches them a work ethic and how to budget and save money. No necessarily so, according ...
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