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Recently, I was asked by a family friend to watch her home while she went on a 10-day vacation to NYC. I wasn’t exactly thrilled as I’m a big homebody. But I love earning money, and I wanted to see if I housesitting was an awesome first job for a teen. I was surprised to find out how much I liked the responsibility I was taking on and the cash it earned me. Here are my tips on how you can make money house sitting and what you need to know and do to get asked back.

Make Extra Money House Sitting!

Need Volunteer Hours? Organizations such as BMYD is a great source of volunteer opportunities for teens!

Volunteer Opportunities For Teens – BMYD

Dog-sitting is an awesome job for responsible teenagers who love to be around animals and can work independently. Plus, it’s perfect to work around your school or work schedule. I had my first dog-sitting experience (with a super cute Australian Labradoodle), and now I’m convinced this may be the most perfect first job for teens looking for a little extra cash. Don’t forget to check the pics to see the cute dog snaps I took!

Make Extra Money Dog Sitting!

bookbinding

Interview with Genesis Myers – Bookbinder Extraordinaire

Surface 2 Review

Surface 2 Review – Part 2 – The Best Buy With Mike

Real Estate Careers

Real Estate Careers – Shopping With Sarah

Meet Abby! Like many teens, she’s got big dreams for her future, but Abby’s includes reaching for the actual stars by becoming an astronaut. Her site Astronaut Abby is a huge inspiration, tracking her progress and the STEM lessons that she learns along the way. She talks about what it took to become a popular blogger as well as how she sees her site helping younger students in the future. Abby really is a teen to be watching for in the future!

Reaching For the Stars – Astronaut Abby

Ben Lamb is a teenpreneur you should know! After noticing that his neighbor’s mailbox posts kept getting banged up and damaged from weedwackers and cars, he wanted to find a solution. With a little help, Ben and his dad created the Mailbox Post Shield! It was such a hit that he started a business installing Post Shields around his neighborhood. Ben shares his story, including how he makes profits and advertises, in this awesome teenpreneur interview!

Teen Entrepreneurs – Ben Lamb

As an active teen who loves rock climbing, I have always wanted to work somewhere that could develop my passion for the outdoors. That’s when I found out that my local REI was hiring! After talking to the manager of my local REI store, I got a whole bunch of great tips on how to land a job at REI and other retail and active stores like it. You can use these ideas to improve your resume, nail your first job interview, and survive on the job.

How To Get A Part Time Job – REI

Pauline Paquin of Make Money Your Way is one of my all-time favorite money bloggers. On her blog, she talks all things entrepreneurship, investing, and making money online. That’s why she’s the perfect person to discuss how teens can make money. She has some amazing ideas and stories to share on how she made an average of $1,000 a month at age 15! See how easy it was for her to do, and come up with a plan to make your money goals happen too.

Making Money As A Teenager – by Pauline Paquin

Brenna has always had an artistic flare, but she didn’t know she could make money off of her talents and interests until she was assigned a school project. By collaborating with her mom, Brenna turned an A+ homework piece into a thriving business. It wasn’t exactly easy. In fact, there were some pretty bad turns along the way, but now, Brenna’s Imagiframes is a thriving business!

Teen Entrepreneur – Brenna of ImagiFrames

Teen business owners are popping up all over the place! Using their talents and skills to create their own companies and jobs, they are the next big leaders to look out for. Today, I talk to Isaac Cothran. Isaac is your average, outdoorsy teen who took his love for trail walking and made it a tour business geared at showing other kids how to literally go off the beaten trail. His work made big profits and helped him shake the normal first job blues.

Starting Your Own Business – Trailing with Isaac

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Hi guys, I’m Eva!

Welcome to TeensGotCents, my name is Eva Baker and I founded this site when I was sixteen. I'm a complete money nerd and I love helping teens learn how money works. Also, I watch too much Netflix. Although I still have a lot to learn about personal finance I hope you will use my successes and failures to help reach your own goals whether you want to go to college debt free, get a part time job, work on a fun DIY project that will save you money or just read about ways you can learn to manage your money well as a teen. So glad you're here! Read more about my story here.

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When you’re busy raising a teen, it can be easy to let money lessons slide. But one valuable lesson you cannot forget is teaching your teen how to save money. It doesn’t have to be too detailed or complicated. In fact, you can just sit down and have your teen promise to save a percentage of their first paycheck or put aside a portion, or even all, of their allowance. I cover some of the easiest ways to teach a teen to become a money saver with these practical and easy tips to get the conversation started.

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