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can 12 year olds get a job somewhere
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Probably not....your still growing up and don't even have a license and barely a teenager! Why don't you do something like babysitting? Or if your parents or friends know someone looking for a babysitter thats awlays something to think about. Maybe even do flyers to walk dogs. If your looking for money im sure you could ask your parents for things to do around the house to help and get paid for it! hope this helps xo
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In Canada it's 14. At 12 you could start babysitting and earning money for it. A lot of libraries now are offering courses to girls on this explaining the business side, attracting parents and also making you aware of how to do CPR and lifesaving techniques.
I would explain to your parents the desire to be independent but the lack of funds to do the things you enjoy or would like to do. Perhaps they know of a way to earn money you hadn't thought of and that you cannot work until X age in state or country.
If you go the babysitting route talk to teacher and principal about placing fliers up at school and on bulletin boards parents look at and see what happens.
Whether male or female this is the time of year people especially elderly need driveways and walkways shoveled and salted. In addition seniors may be unable to go out as much and you could offer a service to get mail, groceries and other items they will need so they don't deal with ice and snow.
If you have a special skill or ability to help set up lights on houses or decorations you can bet neighbors would pay you for helping to set up displays.
More or less the idea is to think of something you could do better than someone else and get someone to pay for it. That way not being 16 or 14 will get in the way.
I know for sure that a 12-year-old can hold down 1 or more streets on a paper route (not the daily paper but rather the cover for all the fliers) and earn cash. If you convince the person who pays kids to hire you try to get not 1 big street but 2-3 smaller ones too to build the number you get paid for. As long as you are responsible and can do it well you should experience no problem.
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The Child labor law requires you to be at least 16 years old before you can hold a paying job with an employer. The work for kids under that age is fully dependent on what your parents will allow and what a neighbor may offer you. Such as gardening, lawn mowing, car washing, window washing, house painting and if you live in the snow belt snow shoveling. There was a time when kids your age had paper routes. That now in many areas are adult jobs now.
All of these jobs are generally offered by friends of the family and based on your age and level of maturity as well as your parents permission.
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