Discuss the pros and cons of adolescent employment.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. The potential benefits of adolescent employment include developing a sense of responsibility, self-reliance, and discipline; learning to appreciate the value of money and education; acquiring positive work habits and values; and enhancing occupational aspirations. Disadvantaged adolescent female African Americans are more likely to graduate from high school and avoid coercive romantic relationships, yet they are more likely to use illicit substances and alcohol. Working apparently provides more of an opportunity to access various substances. Other researchers note that students who work lengthy hours-more than 11 to 13 hours per week-report lower grades, higher rates of drug and alcohol use, more delinquent behavior, lower self-esteem, and higher levels of psychological problems than students who do not work or who work only a few hours. Ironically, adolescents whose grade point averages are most negatively affected by school-year employment are European Americans and Asian Americans with the most highly educated parents. Parents and educators apparently need to consider the number of hours adolescents should be working during the school year.
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