Help me put my son to work...

MAN there is loads of stuff he could do!!!!

If he was my boy he would never ask me for work again. Infact if I had I kid I would never need to outsource anything ever again.

He could do:

Keyword research
write articles
edit articles you have already written
post stuff to your blog
post stuff to hub pages
post stuff to squidoo
he could post classified ads
he could do forum posting
he could proof read all your stuff
he could do offline marketing such as:
flyers
business cards
You could teach him how to edit videos in camtasia
Teach him how to edit videos in Windows media editor
Teach him how to edit audio in audacity
You could get him to reseach niches
If he is artistic he could do graphics for you
You could show him how to make basic capture pages
he could keep records of all your stats in excel.

those are just a few ideas. In terms of how much to pay it would be along the lines of what you would pay on elance but less if he isnt that great if he is great pay him enough so that he wants to do it again. basically just negotiate a rate with him.

Maybe find out what he wants to save for then show him how much work he has to do in order for him to pay for it.

I would say your sig has the perfect work options for your son, don't tell me he doesn't like to game?

I would just go to you tube and type in "how to xyz" Most stuff is on there. Thats where I always go when I want to find "how to"

This site has plenty of "how to" stuff. Much more than the link meta data suggests.

Photoshop Tutorials and Flash Tutorials - Tutorialized

Make him read some books on marketing in general. Some stuff from dan kennedy, jay abraham and biographies from people who made it big from nothing like richard branson.

Then get him to write a book report of each. Then help him come up with the idea for a product and take him through the development and marketing process.

That is a million dollar education right there. If it were my son I would be trying to teach him to think big. Give him boring and mundane tasks and run the risk of turning him off the subject for ever.

Let him manage social networks for your site. For example getting fans and followers for facebook page or getting fans or twit on twitter. Teenagers like and enjoy that.

Since he's a gamer, maybe he likes voicing his opinions on games he likes to play?

Angry Video Game Nerd comes to mind... I wouldn't suggest copycatting his style, exactly, but the idea - getting his opinions on various games through articles, videos, blog, etc. and connecting that to an affiliate site - a Clickbank guide, WoW CPA offer, Amazon links...

I know that doesn't really go the way of *outsourcing* per se (unless you were the one who collected the checks in the beginning), but as you said above, you don't want to overload him with all the boring tasks in case he's turned off by it - that would give the idea of what the "marketer's lifestyle" is like, then if he was working for you to start with he may be more motivated because he'd be getting paid from the get-go...

Read some books early, and he'll probably make 10x more than he would have normally, by age 22 or 24.

As mentioned Dan Kennedy, Jay Abraham, etc. You just have to plant a few seeds, and those seeds will take root over the next few years. Seeds are more valuable than just a one time activity, done once over a summer at age 16 or 18.