With the unemployment rate being what it is entrepreneurship just maybe the only answer for your teen finding work this summer.  Sue Shellenbarger discussed a few possible business ideas for teens in her recent Wall Street Journal article Cupcakes and Cattle Breeding: Teens Turn to Summer Start-ups.

I did some research on my own and came up with the following selection of organizations encouraging teen entrepreneurship:

• National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
• Junior Achievement
• Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, or ICIC- the Growing Up CEO program
• Teen Business Link, the SBA site for teenagers interested in starting a business
• Independent Means, the leading provider of financial education products and programs in the United States.
• Also see Entrepreneur magazine, Teen Business Sites for more organizations.

Starting a business at a young age is a priceless (no pun intended!) experience. I encourage you to support your teenager and be prepared to learn along the way as well.

Let us know how it goes.