Jobs Teenage Girls Should Not Have

W. Bruce Cameron

Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2007.

One of the most important things a father can do is teach fiscal responsibility to his teenage children, which is sort of like teaching appetite restraint to piranhas.

The teen years represent a transitional period of life where people attempt to establish themselves as independent individuals by dressing exactly like their friends. They tend to confuse “need” with “want,” believing they need the most popular cell phone, they need the coolest kind of skateboard, they need the same purse everyone else has, wh...