In recent years, lawmakers in Iowa and other states have sought to roll back long-standing child labor protections as employers struggle to fill open jobs and critics complain that many safeguards on child workers are outdated.
Unpopular take: 14 year olds can work food service or retail after 8pm, and the world will not end. Source: I was that 14 year old. It gives them pocket money, and teaches them discipline and responsibility. Should they be slaughtering cattle? Probably not. But they can make a sandwich or sell a video game.
Unpopular take: 14 year olds can work food service or retail after 8pm, and the world will not end. Source: I was that 14 year old. It gives them pocket money, and teaches them discipline and responsibility. Should they be slaughtering cattle? Probably not. But they can make a sandwich or sell a video game.
14 year olds have a job. It is called “student”. There is a massive societal interest in them doing that job well.
Wow, what a failure I must be at life. Thank god I have you to tell me how wrong I have been, with my good and secure job, and my bachelor’s degree.