The author's son (not pictured) enjoyed his summer job in another state so much that he's returning this year. RossHelen/Getty Images Our 15-year-old wanted a summer job, but they are hard to come by where we live in New York. A family member in Minnesota offered to ask around and scored a Zoom interview for our son. He worked at an ice cream shop for the summer while my wife worked remotely and visited with family. As adolescents, my wife and I both had summer jobs. In Iowa, she pushed a cart