Because the industries mentioned in the article have trouble filling job openings due to unfavourable working conditions and unwilling to offer adequate wage th

Because the industries mentioned in the article have trouble filling job openings due to unfavourable working conditions and unwilling to offer adequate wage that can offset those unfavourable conditions. Invoking your own anecdote of laid-back summer jobs with total disregard of what's actually happening with these child labour law changes just shows you had a privileged childhood and you are unaware of how not everyone could afford the same privileges as you.