Analysis reveals negative effects of teen jobs on academic achievement, challenging prior beliefs about benefits.
Almost two-thirds of today's high school students hold part-time jobs, and nearly all students have a job before graduating.Researchers are reevaluating the rosy perspective they once held on teen employment.Although they still believe that jobs can help teens learn to manage their time and earn money, educators and psychologists are concluding that, in many cases, teen jobs do more to foster bad grades than to advance the work ethic.
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