The Do's and Don'ts of First Jobs

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

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🗓️ 8 June 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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14-year-old Jason is a frequent Dr. Laura listener and wonders what she thinks about his plans for his first job. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.3	Mom and Jason, welcome to the program. Hi. Um, hi, Mom. Hi, Jason. Hi, Jason. Hello. My name is Jason.
0:21.8	I'm just starting 14 today.
0:26.4	Oh, okay.
0:27.9	Here I have to embarrass myself.
0:29.4	You ready?
0:30.0	Happy birthday to you.
0:32.0	Happy birthday to you.
0:34.0	Happy birthday, dear Jason.
0:36.3	Happy birthday to you yay okay what are you calling for how can i help um
0:45.3	first of all thank you for that that was really nice you're welcome you're welcome um so i've
0:52.4	listening to you for a while and you give out really good advice and I was wondering if you could help me with figuring out for my first year, my first time of working, how much time to spend at work and how much time to spend with my friends to have a good work in time balance.
1:11.0	Okay. Two things things I have to ask first.
1:15.8	One, what kind of a job are we talking about?
1:19.6	Property management, just mowing lawn and doing data halls and stuff.
1:24.7	So what does that mean you do?
1:26.3	You fix things and help people with their apartments or something?
1:30.3	What does that mean?
1:32.5	Yeah, I, you know, go around with my dad mowing lawns,
1:39.5	caretaking people's trees, lawns, just doing maintenance and stuff.
1:46.5	Got it.
1:48.2	Second thing is, when you hang with your friends, what do you do?
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