Best summer/part-time job for high schooler

BradStevens · 2026-05-30T16:55:47Z

Forcing 16-year-old son to work this summer. Been researching best summer jobs for high school kids. I'd like him to keep doing it part-time during the school year, but we'll see. There are a lot of considerations: what pays the best, what's easiest, what's hardest (build character), what will make him understand that he needs to excel in school, what looks best on a college application for an elite school, what will be the most "fun," what will teach him humility and/or hard work ethic, what makes him feel like he's contributing to society or community, what skills might he pick up that will serve him the rest of his life (working on cars, knowing what a check engine light means, etc.). What was your best summer/part-time job in high school and what did you learn or how did it serve you? Or what did your kids do that you thought was good for them?

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Could you create a jobs board/kid swap on here? We can trade each others kids for the summer to intern with us at various jobs.

I'm waiting to use my largesse to get my kid an internship at the company i work for. I'm slowly turning into everything i grew up hating.

My dad put me to work at his business at 12yo. No intern bullshit, either. I think I got paid $1.35/hr.

I feel pretty good now about my $100 a week flooring job.

Thanks.

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