For one metro teenager that means carrying on a family tradition a lot sooner than expected.
Thirteen-year-old Trent Pfannenstiel started mowing lawns three summers ago.
“I just wanted to make some extra money,” said Pfannenstiel.
It was Trent s stepfather, Greg Blackwood, who brought him along every Saturday to cut neighborhood lawns.
Blackwood loved the work and started doing it as a side business.
“He was really picky to make it super good,” said Trent, about his stepfather.
“He was hard on Trent, but it was good for him. He always called him his apprentice. ‘All this will be yours,’” said Trent’s mom Dana Hertneky who was married to Blackwood.