My son will be 13 in May. He's been on the truck with me every summer vacation since he was about 9 or 10. He's pretty good too. He loves vacuuming, prespraying, spotting and post grooming the best. He's still a little awkward with the wand though and tends to shy away from it. I send him on all my 5 arounds too. I pay him well, and he's always the only kid of his crowd with money. One day during the school year, he did a job with me over the weekend. On monday, I found out he was running around school flashing his wallet with a crisp $50 bill to all his friends. I freaked at first, but by the time I spoke to him about it, I had calmed down and advised him of the dangers of doing that. He promised never to do it again.