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I see these pretty often, but it is usually moms, walking in unannounced with their high-school kids, trying to get their first job.

I'm happy to say that most of the kids look completely mortified to be with their moms, and that they have been drug there by their hair. If they look sufficiently embarrassed by the situation, I'll tell the mother that I'd be happy to talk to them ALONE, for a few minutes. The ones that breathe a sigh of relief get a fair shot.

Any high school graduate that walked in with their Mom, though, would be discounted immediately.

I had to laugh at this. My son just got his first job. He's 15. I took him to the restaurant for his interview, parked and did one last "go over" at his application. Before he got out of the car, I told him good luck and reassured him that he would do fine. He took a deep breath and opened the door to meet the manager. Believe me, I wanted to go in and tell the guy how great my kid is. I wanted to be there for Jake if he was rejected. After all, that's what moms do. After about 30 mins, my son came out beaming. He told me all about the interview and how well he thought he did answering the manager's questions and such and he told me that he started tonight.

When I took him to work this evening, I met his manager and the man absolutely lavished praise on my son's maturity and raved about how well he handled himself during the interview. He spoke of Jake's intelligence & confidence in himself and his ambitions to be be a cardiac surgeon. He swore to me, "that boy is going to make something great out of himself". I just said "thank you".

As I drove away, I bawled 'cause another one of my kids (he's my second son) has "grown up". I knew though, this was something he had to do on his own. Mommy can't do everything and there comes a time when the kids have to learn to stand on THEIR own two feet. My son's goal is to work and save his money for his insurance on his first car. His reasoning is it's his privelege to drive and he want to earn his own money and not have to rely on daddy and me for insurance money. I think he will do well too.