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Analyzing Conflicting Information - Quiz-Level H
According to the author, what are
some risks of working as a teen?
Missing Zzzs
Another pitfall of working as a teenager is that you'll miss
out on the sleep you need. And adolescent sleep loss,
according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, "poses
a serious risk to....physical and emotional health, academic
success, and safety." In fact, drowsiness and fatigue can
contribute to automobile, home, and workplace accidents.
Is your safety worth the risk?
The author points out that jobs take up
time that teens could instead
Also,
because teens with jobs have less time
to spend resting, jobs might
Why is sleep so important for teens? Learn more.
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But there's some good news about teen jobs: The youth
employment rate has been going down. Maybe teens are
figuring out that, for many of them, working at this stage
of life just doesn't pay. If you do decide to go after a job,
keep the downsides of teen employment in mind and find
a way to make work work for you.