You shouldn’t have a job at the age of 14, let alone have one in a bar. I’m not sure who’s worse- the self serving gop or parents that would allow their kids to work in that environment
I disagree with the no job at all mindset. Teenagers working a Saturday job or something similar with low hours to put their own money in their pocket is good for their development and for understanding the value of money relative to work, budgeting, etc, which far too many people enter adulthood still not familiar with. Probably shouldn’t be pulling pints in a bar though.
This is about the U.S. based on the article and you are talking about how school works in a completely different country. In the U.S., middle school is a step between elementary and high school for kids age 12-14 who are too mature for elementary school but not mature enough to be treated with real responsibility yet.
Expecting a child, and they are children, to go out and earn a living at 14 is ridiculous. Especially when it will be a horrible entry-level low-skill miserable job that will just make them unhappy.
No child abandonment is illegal. Surrendering your child is legal if done a certain amount of time after birth. Thanks for admitting you know nothing about these laws though.
Nah. It’s really not and plenty of them are plenty mature enough to handle simple shit. I washed dishes and did blue berry reading at 14. Low risk, brought in extra money for my hobbies, saved up and got my my first car, taught me the value of money and physical labor. All extremely positive factors in developing my youth.
All of human history before capitalism? That makes no sense. How could you have a nightmare form of capitalism before it even existed? Get it together, dude.
We live in capitalism. Therefore, making life worse makes this a worse version of capitalism. Get it now?
Your argument is really “we did it before, so it’s fine”? We did a ton of things before that aren’t ok. Historical usage of a thing doesn’t make it ok.
You shouldn’t have a job at the age of 14, let alone have one in a bar. I’m not sure who’s worse- the self serving gop or parents that would allow their kids to work in that environment
I disagree with the no job at all mindset. Teenagers working a Saturday job or something similar with low hours to put their own money in their pocket is good for their development and for understanding the value of money relative to work, budgeting, etc, which far too many people enter adulthood still not familiar with. Probably shouldn’t be pulling pints in a bar though.
14-year-olds often aren’t even in high school yet. That is too young to be working a real job.
What? It’s only two years off finishing senior school and going off to college/sixth form.
This is about the U.S. based on the article and you are talking about how school works in a completely different country. In the U.S., middle school is a step between elementary and high school for kids age 12-14 who are too mature for elementary school but not mature enough to be treated with real responsibility yet.
Expecting a child, and they are children, to go out and earn a living at 14 is ridiculous. Especially when it will be a horrible entry-level low-skill miserable job that will just make them unhappy.
Bollox, I was working from about 13 to put some dough in my pocket as my parents weren’t exactly rich. Didn’t do me any harm.
I was abandoned by my parents, didn’t do me any harm. Guess child abandonment should be legal according to your logic.
I mean, it is right? Kids get taken into care all the time.
No child abandonment is illegal. Surrendering your child is legal if done a certain amount of time after birth. Thanks for admitting you know nothing about these laws though.
Nah. It’s really not and plenty of them are plenty mature enough to handle simple shit. I washed dishes and did blue berry reading at 14. Low risk, brought in extra money for my hobbies, saved up and got my my first car, taught me the value of money and physical labor. All extremely positive factors in developing my youth.
Sorry, why should a middle schooler be doing physical labor? This sounds like nightmare capitalism.
Sure, if you ignore all of human history it sounds like nightmare capitalism.
All of human history before capitalism? That makes no sense. How could you have a nightmare form of capitalism before it even existed? Get it together, dude.
We live in capitalism. Therefore, making life worse makes this a worse version of capitalism. Get it now?
Your argument is really “we did it before, so it’s fine”? We did a ton of things before that aren’t ok. Historical usage of a thing doesn’t make it ok.
No. Children working existed before capitalism, you’re grasping straws coming up with that conclusion of what I said.