I don't think you understand the policy behind minimum age laws. I posted about it here: http://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=1156177&whence=%74%68%72%65%61%64

I don't think you understand the policy behind minimum age laws. I posted about it here: http://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=1156177&whence=%74%68%72%65%61%64%73%3f%69%64%3d%46%72%61%7a%7a%79%64%65%65 http://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=1156177&whence=%74%... Suppose we're talking about a really poor country here. Maybe every child is going to be working at a young age, and it'll just be an expected item on the resumé. Also, the kid might have better future prospects getting a factory job, but he won't realize his full potential because his family needed him to work as a child. Had he stayed in school and focused on his studies instead of taking that factory job, a high school diploma would have afforded him a better future than that factory job. He, and society as a whole, would have been better off for it (provided there is a market for jobs better than factory work). If you still don't see my point then we'll just agree to disagree.