Beyond Selidor

Yeah, in my area in high school years (central Florida, mid-2000s) it was very common for even the "rich" kids to have part-time jobs (in hindsight having a lawyer dad does not make you rich, but). My parents were not "we give you an allowance" types and I did yard work and babysitting when I was younger in order to get money for books. I worked at a movie theater after I turned 16, so ages 16-18ish. I didn't hate it, mostly because we got to see as many free movies as we wanted (after opening weekend), although in hindsight it's a little wild that my parents let me work past midnight on school nights. I also liked that it put me in the same place as people I didn't have classes with, or wouldn't have interacted with at school; I made some new friends that way.

Part of the area I grew up in is pretty rural and some parts of it are pretty poor. I know there were some kids who worked agricultural jobs a lot younger than I started regular part-time work.