Working Adolescents

WORKING ADOLESCENTS

Whether an adolescent should be working during their high school years or not , one cannot be absolute with hiss answer . These question can be best answered when one looks at its advantages and disadvantages , their workplace , nature of the job and number of hours should also be considered

I do believe there is a place for it provided that the workplace is owned by the family . Exposing an adolescent to the nature of their own business , which in the later he has no choice but to be part of it

, is of great advantage . This is considering that in the early age he will be learning the mechanics , and system of the business which will prepare him for the future . Though the problem would be , being a family member the tendency to over familiarity is unavoidable , and the person can be a subject to exploitation in terms of time , and may also be to mental harassment , through insults and words of impatience , just like in the outside workplace when in the midst , crisis will arise employers tend to hurl insults . Tendency to abuses is really existing elsewhere

Inevitably the high school years are crucial to the social and emotional development of both boys and girls . Although there are benefits one can earn when working while adolescent , such that it provides lessons about responsibility , punctuality , to some degree independence , interacting with the public , and the list goes on , and for sure finances (Moskowitz , 2000

However , Fineran (2002 ) reported that a study was conducted and results described adolescents experiencing with sexual harassment while working part time and attending high school . In a sample of 712 high school students , 25 of the 372 students while working part-time report experiencing sexual harassment . And effects of sexual harassment during a first job showed may also negatively affect a child 's self-esteem , and self confidence , anger , irritability , social isolation helplessness and anxiety , depression , tension , and nervousness (Fitgerald ,1933 , Gutek and Koss (1993 ) proposed a posttraumatic stress dis model for understanding the mental health consequences of sexual harassment (Moskowitz , 2000 ) also added that it would also affect the adolescent 's identity formation in addition to placing him or her in physical danger of assault and trauma . Results revealed that there are difference in the experience of sexual harassment by gender , work relation , and emotional reaction

Fineran (2002 ) furthermore reported that girls are significantly more upset and threatened by the sexual harassment they experienced at work than boys

The same report mentioned that mental harassment also occurs when they are insulted by their supervisors , coworkers and customers Looking to these , both are detrimental to the development of adolescence to adulthood . A negative impact has somehow embedded in them

In an article entitled Adolescent in the Workplace , stated that indeed working has been shown to be associated with both positive and negative consequences for adolescents . Working may increase responsibility self-esteem , and independence and may help children and adolescents learn valuable work skills . Employment that is limited in...