Any jobs that hire 14 year olds?         

QUESTION: So i heard day cares hire 14 years old and publix.Its summer and i'm willing to do anything! I live in Miami FL and i want to make some extra cash , i'm a girl and honestly i dont want to do any yard work but other then that i will work in places like publix,day cares,walking dogs, restaurants, or any cool places! PLEASE HELP? (By Emily)

ANSWER 1 : You can always self employ yourself if you have at least a bit of investment money, such as making little artsy crafts and selling them online even without a credit card (craigslist is your friend).
Make sure you dont get taken advantage of, such as pyramid schemes and strictly commission based pay; look for an hourly job.
But the best investment you can make is in school and athletics and other activities. If you get into college, your grades can get you a ton of free $ even if you are not a 4.0 student. Here's what i got every year in college in federal aid and local scholarships even though my GPA was 3.3:

Freshman yr 4000, Soph yr 8000, Jr yr 12000, and Sr yr 16000.
Just build up your resume with long term activities, and just consider that a job with future payment.
Athletics is such a benefit as a HS student, dont lose out on the opportunities. If you get cut from one sport, just try out for the next one, no big deal. The smaller sports are always looking for people, even though you may be terrible at it. There was a scholarship in my school where if you participated in 3 sports as a Senior, you qualified for a scholarship.
I was stupid and tried to get a job in my senior year, so i only did 2 sports and didn't qualify. (i probably would have gotten awarded). Then my employer Papa Johns had a scholarship for HS seniors and i was not qualified for that one either because of my employment there (i probably would have gotten that too). Thats at least $1000 i missed out on because i thought i needed job experience.

So dont rush anything unless you are going homeless, and dont invest too much time in your first job, diversify. (answer by kptrikstar)

ANSWER 2 : I?don't know of too many places that will hire 14 year olds because of child labor laws. i got a job when i was 15 coaching gymnastics (but i did it at the place where i was also taking gymnastics classes) i made 5 dollars an hour which wasn't too bad like 12 years ago. if you think publix or a daycare will hire you go talk to the manager and fill out an application. worse thing they can say is no. best to see if your parents know anyone who own their own business that might be willing to hire you as help. or babysitting. that would be only 1-3 kids while at a daycare you have to watch 10+ kids. even with another adult in the class still a handful. (answer by erin )