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If your family owns a business, it’s pretty normal for the children to work there. And if that business is a farm it’s going to be pretty hard work, harder than
by tinus_hn 4y ago
If your family owns a business, it’s pretty normal for the children to work there. And if that business is a farm it’s going to be pretty hard work, harder than us office dwellers probably ever worked.
- ziddoap 4y agoI think, at least for AB, that is (or was) one of the primary driving forces behind the low minimum age. Related; children of farmers used to get to start school a few weeks later than the children of non-farmers, to help with harvest and such. It's also one of the reasons for the low age requirement for driving license (14 instead of the usual 16). But, at least in mine and my friends cases, we were working for fast food chains rather than family-owned businesses or farms.
- spicymaki 4y agoPlease don't go down this line of reasoning. I think we all understand that a family run farm or shop is going to have their children work there at some point. This is not a problem because the parents (usually) have a vested interest in their children's health. However children working on farms loop hole is rife with abuse: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/12/04/more-us-child-workers-die-agriculture-any-other-industry https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/12/04/more-us-child-workers-di... The reasons why we have prohibitions on child labor in general is exactly the problem noted in the OP. Desperate parents will essentially put their kids at risk (even sell them) and unscrupulous employers will abuse children.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y ago> This is not a problem because the parents (usually) have a vested interest in their children's health. If only.