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Growing up I knew a lot of families whose children worked in their restaurants. While — kids being kids — I'm sure that they would have told you that they were
by wtbob 10y ago
Growing up I knew a lot of families whose children worked in their restaurants. While — kids being kids — I'm sure that they would have told you that they were miserable, I don't think that they actually were.
Honestly, is a kid who must work any more miserable than an adult who must work? The entire idea of childhood is a very recent invention, after all.
- sandworm101 10y ago>> is a kid who must work any more miserable than an adult who must work? Yes, if that working deprives them of an education. Or if they work in conditions that an adult would not tolerate. Or if their pay is paid to someone else (ie parents renting out children). Or if their status as "children" or "wards" of their employers results in them having fewer rights than adults in the same employ.
- wodenokoto 10y ago"yes, if" doesn't really make any sense to this type of question. Is it really better to be a man than a woman? Yes, if you're rich. Are dogs really worse than cats? Yes, if they have rabies. I think decent working conditions was more than implied by parent.