Being a young teen is never easy. Sometimes you are treated as a child and sometimes you are treated as an adult. During this time period many teens begin to start looking for a job or ways to make some extra money. This is definitely an adult type activity and it is something that requires responsibility.
If you are a teenager who can sing, write, or paint you may be able to get a job that requires those skills. If you are trying to get your first job you will want to get something that is not too demanding where you can have some fun and perhaps do something that aligns with your skills. You will also want something that has some flexibility so that you can continue to do other activities as well.
If you start looking for your first job by contacting people you know, you might be able to find someone that is willing to help you out. Friends of your parents and friends of friends are always a good way to make contacts and you could be lucky to get a job that way. You might also start looking for jobs in you immediate area like pizza restaurants and so forth.
Teenagers that are good with children might find a job being a tutor or at a day care. Students that get good grades are sometimes in demand to teach other students throughout the year and help them get better grades.
Some teenagers have the entrepreneurial spirit in them and are able to think of services they could provide that their neighbors might be willing to pay them for. Mowing lawns, weeding gardens, washing cars, babysitting, and pet sitting are some of the common things teens do to earn part time money. If you are good at those things and good at selling your services, you might be able to work during the summers by getting all your own business and end up doing very well.
The Internet actually has a lot of opportunities for budding journalists out there as well. There are quite a few young teens that have made a fortune online designing avatars, graphics, and layouts for the likes of MySpace, Plurk, and other networking sites. You could search Facebook and other reliable online sources for freelance writing jobs. You could even do further research on how to earn through blogging.