Started at 13 by choice, my mama didn't think anyone would hire me underage and said if I found someone she would take me back and forth. WELL I did. hahaha

you are the epitome of GENX! We never gave up, never gave in, kept on fighting to the bitter end!!!

Must be common for our generation. Starting working at 12. Worked on the farm picking tomatoes for 10 cents a peck. I was making about 30 dollars a week. Thought I was rich....

Gen X was a working SOB generation! I thought was in rich when got a 35 hr week job at Mc D's for $3.25 an hour at 16! Not many HS memories except for working, but made our whole generation tough! We didn't get, we EARNED!!!

Exactly, I grew up poor. I started babysitting at 12, worked filing papers in an insurance office at 14, worked in a grocery store at 15.-18. Went to nursing school on money I saved. Worked as a nurse in ER/Critical Care for 50 years. 😇😉

SAME HERE THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS ALLOWANCE WE HAD TO EARN OUR OWN SPENDING MONEY...I SHOVELED COAL AND SNOW HAD A 3 MILE PAPER ROUTE CUT FIREWOOD PICKED BERRIES WORKED ON A CHRISTMAS TREE FARM COLLECTED POP BOTTLES...ON AND ON...IVE NEVER DEPENDED ON ANYONE FOR MONEY TO THIS DAY

I grew up poor too! And my parents wouldn't have coddled if we DID have money! We were the "working American kids"