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I'm stressed about appearance.
I'm enterting high school, and in my generation name brands are very important and somwheat declare your status with others. I need ideas or links on places to work so that i can earn enough money to buy sneakers and designer clothes.
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First of all, it's not a generational thing. This has been a silly little thing that goes on in high schools for a long time.
That being said, while you shouldn't let anyone's opinion or attitude dictate what you wear, if you are set on name brands and such, there are some things you can to do make some cash.
First of, mowing lawns or babysitting are good options. You can also offer to wash cars in the neighborhood.
If you have some computer skills and a creative side, you might be able to join a micro-jobbing site like Fiverr.
Another option is to sell some of your older things. If that happens to be clothes, that might also help to make some room for your new stuff in your closet.
Good luck.
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that belief of yours that it will be so important to your peers to declare status by what you wear, is going to only make you miserable. I don't know how quickly things could have changed in 5 years but the last of my daughters was a graduating senior then. With her and all her sisters, I heard the same thing you are telling me, that everyone else wears Sketcher shoe brand for example. My financial budget could not support buying a name brand for my daugthers so I told them my limit which was half the cost of the name brand. i would pay that toward it if they could somehow earn enough to pay for the second half, that way they could have the shoe they wanted. They all changed their mind and decided to get two pairs, shoes and boots that I could afford to pay for on sale that came up to half the cost of the Sketchers. In the end, they all decided for more options to wear rather than a name brand. It wasn't until I volunteered in the school and also had all their friend over and got to know them that I learned that not a single one had parents that could buy them name brand stuff to wear. In fact, my kids told me all the kids had their own computer. they lucked out because over the years, Dad was self employed and the computer his business tool he could write off in taxes when the older ones became too outdated but still perfect for doing homework or emailing friends and watching videos. I found when asking all of their friends if they had their own computer they all said no, they only told others they had one cus they felt bad that they didn't. ANd it was my daughters who had computers to share among themselves,when their friends had none at all. My kids werent' truthful when they said their friends had one or perhaps never noticed while at friends homes that there was no computer in the home, or simply beleived what their friends said. I can say that for not having name brands to wear, they turnd out just fine. They had plenty of friends, maybe not friends with the handfuls of the richest kids who didn't know how to be a true friend but had many followers who were wanna-be's, wanting to be like them. Clothing doesn't make a person, its who your are inside. Most teens just want to be accepted and wanted and liked and have a low self image. If the kid can be self confident, that is what really attracts friends and acceptance among your peers. Those with the expensive clothes have a false sense of security in themselves, its baed on what they wear which can be taken away from their or financial status changes and they no longer get the popular stuff. those who know how to be confident, no matter what they wear, will have a self confidence that can't be lost if something happens outside themselves. When your age, I wasn't personally interested in the latest clothing trends anyways and I bought what I liked for myself with babysitting money I earned. So sure, I wasn't of interest to the most popular kids at that time. But by my first HS reunion, I found in going that status had really changed. I had become even more self confident and out going while many of those who in high school were so popular and would act snobbish towards me or have no interest, now were so willing to talk to me and I found many no longer had a good self image, It was their parents money that had given them status. Some were divorced or had failed relationships, some guys were going bald early and others lost their beauty or handsomeness appearance wise, in other body changes. It took me approaching them wanting to talk that made them grateful I wasn't ignoring them as I once was. They were all decent people who had learned something in life. While proper attire is required at Weddings or Black Tie events, in most areas of life, people tend to wear what pleases themselves and makes them happy, not others happy or accepting. If your parents will pay half or something toward the shoes or whatever outfit you want, then you only have to come up with part the cost if they agree. You'd have to ask if after what I said, you're still determined to have the popular current clothes. My kids got some of theirs from second hand or thrift and discount stores, not the most expensive store. No one will know if it came from an outlet s tore or from the high end expensive department store. So there's babysitting. I know that doing mowing or yard work is something a teen can get paid for, and many have a skill with art or some craft, and use the internet to sell their work. You'd need the parents to sign u up for a bank account of your own but their name must be on it too. A savings account will do and get a debit card to go with it instead of checks. then open a paypal acct where people can pay you for products and move money from paypal into your bank account. This works great for those not old enough to be hired at fast food places yet. Husbands daughter was earning good money like this at age 12 when she was creating clothing online for IMVU she played cus there wasnt nice enough clothes on there so she made her own and sold it and made good money, I think he told me it was around a couple hundred dollars each month and she was ordering she favorite style of goth style clothes out of a catalog with constant deliveries of clothes.
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