When it comes to keeping your pre-teen and teenage kids busy this summer, I have the perfect idea. Help your kids make money.

It’s honestly a win, win. They can stay busy and avoid the 7 million “I’m bored,” announcements and earn some extra cash while doing it. And even better yet, you can plant the seeds of entrepreneurship into their growing minds, opening all new windows to the paths they take in the future.

But how can they earn money before they’re old enough for employment?

It’s simple. Teach them to be an entrepreneur by helping them start their own business.

Teach them the skills we all had as growing teens and help them earn an income simultaneously.

6 KID-FRIENDLY MONEY MAKING IDEAS:

1. Dog Walking

2. Baby and Pet Sitting

3. Mowing Lawns

4. Washing Cars

5. Start an Etsy Shop

6. Host a Bake Sale/Drink Stand

Sit down with your kids and brainstorm all the things they enjoy doing. Maybe their list has nothing to do with the 6 ideas listed above and that’s okay. Simply take what they love and help them turn it into a way to make money. I can promise you that this will be something the whole family enjoys.

Your kids will learn the value of hard work and earning an income and you will fall in love watching their ideas and work ethic flourish. Who knows what helping them make money today could mean for how they earn an income in the future. You could be planting the seeds for their future career right this very second. How cool is that?

ENCOURAGE THEM TO ASK THEMSELVES:

1. Is this something they love spending their time on?

2. How they can turn that passion into a way to make money?

3. How many hours a week they can commit?

4. How much money they need to start?

5. How much money they need to charge to cover their time and expenses?

6. What they will do with the money they earn?

No matter what your kids say, they will absolutely enjoy digging deeper into the things that bring them joy. And even better than that, they will walk away filled with pride from the hard work it takes to run their own business.

So help your kids make money this summer and discover that you’re teaching them so much more than how to earn some extra cash.