Young Entrepreneurs 2009

An article in today's USA Today wrote about how teenagers were having trouble finding jobs, and were starting their own businesses.

It just reminded me that the more things change, the more they stay the same. In the 1970's we all had to work, because there were very few Fast Food joints and retail establishments who needed us.

As a bit of review, the boys mostly did the leaf raking, lawn mowing, and snow shoveling; the girls mostly did the baby sitting. Though I made a good amount of cash babysitting for neighbors between the ages of 12 and 14, at $1.00 an hour.

I think it is great that kids today are discovering their entrepreneurial smarts. This can only speak good things for them as they learn business skills and burn off excess calories.