Should Teens Work?

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Kim and Brad aren't sure if they should support their son's desire to work part time job or push him to spend his free time playing high school sports. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Tim and Brad, welcome to the program.
0:15.0	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:15.7	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:17.7	Hi, how old are you, folks, and how long have you been married?
0:22.9	I'm 48 and I'm 45 and we've been married for 20 fantastic years, Dr. Laura.
0:29.9	Kim, did that make you smile?
0:33.1	It did, it did.
0:36.7	Huh.
0:39.2	How come I don't feel convinced?
0:45.4	Not like the topic.
0:47.4	Yeah, that's not why we're calling.
0:50.8	Sounds like it ought to be.
0:52.3	All right, so why are you calling?
0:56.1	Our son is a sophomore.
0:58.8	And last year as a freshman, he was very passionate about volleyball.
1:03.9	And all of his friends ran a team.
1:06.5	And he was on the team that was a freshman sophomore team.
1:10.4	So he felt like he was at a good level.
1:12.6	And then they, because of the skills, they kind of demoted him to the freshman team,
1:18.6	which isn't super strange because he was a freshman, but he felt really bad that he was put down a level.
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