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I started working part time in the summers when I was 12, it was a great experience. My daughter is 12 now and I wish she could have that experience instead of

I started working part time in the summers when I was 12, it was a great experience. My daughter is 12 now and I wish she could have that experience instead of a handful of summer camps and a lot of time at home watching youtube which is the current plan. There are simply no other options available. My friends worked in their family store from an even younger age. Full-time manual labor is of course not good and will disproportionately affect poor families who need the extra income.

triceratops 3y ago
Depends on the work. Manning the cash register at the family store or restaurant isn't the same as working in fields and factories. I don't mind my kids doing the former at a young age. The latter - hell no.
- dahfizz 3y ago
  I'm going to guess you grew up in a city? I wouldn't have a problem with a kid of mine "working in fields", provided the hours are reasonable. Picking strawberries, outside, with friends their same age, a few hours at a time, would be great for them. I would go as far to say that its fun. I would prefer that over them having to interact with a bunch of asshole strangers, alone, trapped inside all day.
  - Symbiote 3y ago
    You can take your family to a "pick your own __berries" farm if there's one nearby. It's a fun family activity, if you like. This is not the subject of the article.
  - triceratops 3y ago
    No problem if it's the family farm, or a trusted neighbor's. Plenty of kids grow up raising their own pigs and growing carrots and whatnot. Hell no if it's paid employment on some stranger's farm, or an industrial feedlot. Reasonable hours is something that goes without saying. Study, chores, play, work - in that order - is how kids should be taught to prioritize their time. They're your children, not your free labor. Not sure where I grew up has anything to do with it other than that my examples didn't take into account some rural edge cases (family farms constitute a tiny sliver of all farming). The context of the work, and how dangerous it is, is what's important.
dbspin 3y ago
Please read the original article.

triceratops 3y ago

Depends on the work. Manning the cash register at the family store or restaurant isn't the same as working in fields and factories. I don't mind my kids doing the former at a young age. The latter - hell no.

dahfizz 3y ago
I'm going to guess you grew up in a city? I wouldn't have a problem with a kid of mine "working in fields", provided the hours are reasonable. Picking strawberries, outside, with friends their same age, a few hours at a time, would be great for them. I would go as far to say that its fun. I would prefer that over them having to interact with a bunch of asshole strangers, alone, trapped inside all day.
- Symbiote 3y ago
  You can take your family to a "pick your own __berries" farm if there's one nearby. It's a fun family activity, if you like. This is not the subject of the article.
- triceratops 3y ago
  No problem if it's the family farm, or a trusted neighbor's. Plenty of kids grow up raising their own pigs and growing carrots and whatnot. Hell no if it's paid employment on some stranger's farm, or an industrial feedlot. Reasonable hours is something that goes without saying. Study, chores, play, work - in that order - is how kids should be taught to prioritize their time. They're your children, not your free labor. Not sure where I grew up has anything to do with it other than that my examples didn't take into account some rural edge cases (family farms constitute a tiny sliver of all farming). The context of the work, and how dangerous it is, is what's important.

dbspin 3y ago

Please read the original article.