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and related installations. But they
are guidelines and some creativity
and flexibility is allowed for
technicians to make plans
workable in the site limitations of
each farm.
While Ann expects a good deal of
her work to continue with manure
management and the Bay
program, she notes that there is a
steady demand by farmers for
assistance in establishing con
servation measures, even when
totally at their own cost.
“But people are becoming more
aware of conservation than they
have been in the past,” she
acknowledges.
The Meyers have lived in York
County since 1983 and recently
purchased a 20-acre farm near
Loganville. It’s closer to Ray’s job
as manager of a hog production
facility and has plenty of play area
for the couple’s two-year-old son,
Matthew.
A purebred Dorset flock of 35
ewes is the Meyer’s own farm
enterprise, an interest sparked
through college work in the sheep
barns at Penn State. Lambing is
geared toward holiday markets,
with the heaviest season from
December to March, and some
ewes catching back again for
December.
Future merchandising goals are
aimed at sales for club lambs and
replacement ewes. And, while
showing is not a major moving
force behind the flock yet, the
Meyers exhibit a few head in local
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“You have to decide what’s most
important to you,” says Ann of the
modern dilemma of a career
mother. “Matthew ‘helps’ me a lot
when I’m at home.”
A four-day work week has
Herbie the ram is king of the Meyer flock of purebred
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Teenage Employment Has Pros and Cons
NEWARK, Del. - Fall is a fine
time for teenagers to find jobs, but
some educators and psychologists
fear that flipping hamburgers and
filling grocery bags will do more to
foster bad grades and encourage
spending than to advance the work
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“We often just assume it is good
for teens to work,” says Dr.
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Delaware specialist in family and
child development. “But we need
to be careful about the kinds of
experiences they are getting and
make sure the jobs are fostering
the kind of work habits we really
want them to have.
Statistics show that almost two
thirds of today’s high school
students hold part-time jobs, and
nearly all students join the
workforce before graduating.
Many part-time, low-skill jobs
have been created for teens,
particularly in fast food
restaurants and grocery stores,
Nelson says. On the positive side of
such employment, researchers
still believe these jobs can help
teens learn to manage their time
while meeting their monetary
goals.
Another encouraging trend,
Nelson notes, is a growing
movement by large corporations to
recruit students for summer jobs
and set up mentor relationships
with regular employees. “We can
document that the number of
teenagers in the labor pool is
dwindling,” Nelson says. “And
businesses are now becoming
involved in job training to
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workers
“We still believe a job can be a
valuable experience for a
teenager,” says the specialist, “as
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an adult.
Recent research has shown,
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work too many hours or work
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“This is a pattern that often plays
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adults would put up with it.”
Working teenagers often have
too much money and too few ex
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and drugs. Nelson believes that
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the spending habits of their
working teen. She notes that some
institutions are setting up
guidelines for teen employment.
“One school requires its working
students to save 10 percent of their
wages,” she says.
“We want parents to be aware
that working is not totally won
derful,” she says. “Often the low
skill jobs don’t teach the teen
anything helpful to their long-term
careers.”
Since teens are unlikely to stop
working, Nelson suggests some
guidelines that can be followed to
make the work experience more
positive.
• The first guideline is to en
courage teens to work no more
than 15 to 20 hours a week.
• Find a job that is in some way
related to the teen’s career
aspirations.
• Finally, parents and teachers
are encouraged to monitor the
ways teens spend their money.
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