The kid that brings me my bacon sandwich when I’m hungover is about the height of a small bin, but he’s really lovely and is definitely learning more about the world than he would be sitting in his room.

And that’s the most important thing. Within reason, kids doing part-time jobs will teach them about the world. The grimmer the work they do, the more incentivised they’ll feel to work hard at school so they can avoid a rubbish job.

"Sitting in your room and developing a sense of self and learning to not require permanent social interaction is horrible. Instead, kids should suffer and see how soul-crushing capitalism is, so that they can be terrified into fitting in the mold and will accept settling for shit pays and jobs because they are already used to those"

What’s wrong with teenagers working a few hours a week? I think that’s a good thing. Where I live, it’s rare for, say, a 17 year old to not work at all.

Let's skip to the part where we talk about how much they get paid, if they get paid at all. The type of people that the Torygraph caters to will want a huge workforce of children working for free, because it "builds character".

Ok read the article and the writer is arguing that the 1933 Children and Young Persons Act needs updating as it got a kid that was working in the family food truck removed from his job as a chef and seems to have silly standards for what is or is not acceptable jobs.

Honestly this is not even something the onion would have written

Honestly the headline is a bit clickbait, it's mostly about teenagers having part time jobs.

Archive link https://archive.is/OFF1P

These fucktards are putting The Onion out of their job.

The article isn’t about child labour specifically, but part time jobs for teens. Technically, child labour, but not really the same as a 8 year old coal miner or loom operator. Good click bait!

I worked through my teens but with some important caveats. I worked next to my boss every day, and they started before me and finished after me. I worked outdoors, in relatively decent weather. I was able to take vacation as I desired - even though I only had a few weeks to work, I still was able to take 2 weeks of vacation.

I don’t think my kids will be able to have a similar experience (given my location and market forces), and I don’t want them to grind away their leisure time at minimum wage working in a shitty retail environment with unpredictable hours. When I was working, (50-60hrs a week for the summer) the sum total of my all my teen years up to university didn’t cover the first year’s rent. I hope that I’ll be able to find suitable activities, volunteer opportunities, and learning experiences that they can participate in instead of a job.