My first job at 12 years old (1963) was babysitting for 6 children...the youngest a baby...for $.25/hour...and I even did the dishes and straightened the house...but for the quarter I could buy a nickel cherry coke at the soda fountain, a 5 cent candy bar, a $.07 scoop of ice cream and 8 cents worth of penny candy...quite a haul in those days...

My first job at 12 years old (1963) was babysitting for 6 children...the youngest a baby...for $.25/hour...and I even did the dishes and straightened the house...but for the quarter I could buy a nickel cherry coke at the soda fountain, a 5 cent candy bar, a $.07 scoop of ice cream and and 8 cents worth of penny candy...quite a haul in those days...