others can corner the ever-growing odd-job market. Services like babysitting, trash detail, or general cleaning will be welcomed by anyone wishing they had another set of hands. Your child can let everyone know he's open for business by making "helping hands" business cards (trace around his hand on construction paper or card stock, cut out the paper hand, and write information such as name, business, and phone number on the cards).
JOB IDEAS
• Errand Hour
This variation on babysitting is ideal for a kid who already has some experience as a sitter. Your child would invite customers to drop their kids off at your house for "Errand Hour" on Saturday mornings. Parents of the Errand Hour host may choose to be home and available for emergencies. Perk: great networking for babysitting on other days of the week.
• Trash with Dash
For a fee, bring clients' garbage and recycling bins out to the road before trash pickup and then return them after they've been emptied. Your child might even hose out the containers as part of a deluxe service plan.
• Screen Saver
Your child will really clean up with this enterprise. He can offer to wash window screens before they are installed for the summer. All he'll need is soapy water and a hose— not a bad work environment for a hot summer day.
• De-junker
Rescue people from jobs they never get around to: organizing junk drawers, wrapping loose change in rolls, etcetera. Of course, nothing would get thrown out without the owner's okay. Perk: first pick of items the client does want thrown out.
