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Child labor is still not uncommon in agricultural communities in the USA. I believe the federal law is age 12 and up for farm work. And de facto if not de jure
by User23 3y ago
Child labor is still not uncommon in agricultural communities in the USA. I believe the federal law is age 12 and up for farm work. And de facto if not de jure there is no age limit on children working their own family’s farm. Granted one might call that chores rather than labor.
And the minimum age to babysit is as low as 8 based on a quick search.
- benj111 3y agoYes. I was thinking more, chimney sweeping and factory work. My point was we were poor then and had different standards. They probably have those same standards as we had for the same reasons. We have different standards now, so it's on us to do something if we want to.
- tdb7893 3y agoIt depends what you mean by child labor. My experience is that the children help on the farm but for the most part do school full time until at least their latter teenage years. It's pretty different than the child labor in the article.
- otikik 3y agoI recommend you watch John Oliver’s episode linked above. It is just as bad.
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agolets not weaken the term 'child labor' in that manner. There's a world of difference between growing up on a farm and 'child labor'. What you're doing is the equivalent of calling someone a pedophile for sleeping with a 17 y/o. It may or may not be appropriate but it sure as shit isn't the same as sleeping with a 10 y/o so lets use different words for them.
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