The pay was low, but so were my needs, seeing as my parents covered housing, food, most clothing, and some entertainment. I basically just needed money for gas and music. I’m glad places hired kids, I just didn’t like being on the register. I spent a majority of my time elsewhere in the store.
You should have been hanging out with your friends, doing sports, doing art, doing things that only come to people under age. The thing you will pine for when you’re old is your salad days. Those days were swindled from you so someone could find cheaper labor.
Honestly have to agree. A few hours on a weekend, MAYBE. But between homework, family expectations, extracurriculars in and outside of school, and keeping up other relationships, I don’t think kids should be working much if at all until they’re 16 or 17.
These laws are also being coupled with laws that repeal restrictions on working hours for underage workers. Imagine being 14 and having to leave school at 3, go home, do homework until 5, then go to work until 1 in the morning, and come home just to go to school at 7. That’s where these laws are heading.
The pay was low, but so were my needs, seeing as my parents covered housing, food, most clothing, and some entertainment. I basically just needed money for gas and music. I’m glad places hired kids, I just didn’t like being on the register. I spent a majority of my time elsewhere in the store.
You should have been hanging out with your friends, doing sports, doing art, doing things that only come to people under age. The thing you will pine for when you’re old is your salad days. Those days were swindled from you so someone could find cheaper labor.
Honestly have to agree. A few hours on a weekend, MAYBE. But between homework, family expectations, extracurriculars in and outside of school, and keeping up other relationships, I don’t think kids should be working much if at all until they’re 16 or 17.
These laws are also being coupled with laws that repeal restrictions on working hours for underage workers. Imagine being 14 and having to leave school at 3, go home, do homework until 5, then go to work until 1 in the morning, and come home just to go to school at 7. That’s where these laws are heading.