You might be able to work at a local pool like at the consession stand or something.
There are several places where a 17 year old can work in the summer in New York City. A few places are restaurants, grocery stores, and hotels.
There are several places where a 14 year old can do volunteer work in Houston, TX for the summer. They can volunteer in any hospital, library, or local Salvation Army.
There are many places where a 16 year old can work. A 16 year old can work in grocery stores, daycares, fast food restaurants, and even theme parks in the summer.
It honestly depends on your state and city, but places here for a 17 year old to work might be a grocery store. Like wal-mart, kroger, sam's club. What have you.
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Ranches that grow crops like beans and corn are the best places in Minnesota that will hire a 14 year old for a summer job. Taking the tassels off corn and walking beans to pull weeds are two jobs that 14 year old teens can do.
IN SC THEY CAN WORK AT PUBLICS
There are plenty of places where a 14 year old find a summer job that pays in Tucson, Arizona. They could babysit.
A 13 year old can get a job at summer camps, swimming pools or baby-sitting. Most places will not hire a teen until they are 14 due to legal restrictions of when and how they can work.
If you are only fourteen, there aren't many places that you can work. However, if you are not in it just for the money, there are a lot of places you can volunteer. But if it is the money that you are after, in some places, you can get a worker's permit. The only problem with this is that a lot of places won't hire a fourteen year old, especially in these economic times.
A 12 year old in most places can work for a family owned business.