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[–] northmaple1984@lemmy.ca -2 points 4 months ago (14 children)

I was working summer jobs doing farm labour since before I was a teenager (and I'm not that old), so I'm gonna say that it's fine that 13 year olds are working.

[–] dgilbert@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I also had to do farm labour (picking fruit) before I was legally allowed to work at 14. I was taken advantage of (financially) that whole summer - underpaid, and occasionally worked an entire day and got stiffed outright. I've never stopped working since then (I'm in my early 50s), aside from a few months of unemployment between jobs that was more stressful than working. I'll likely have to work until I die.

Fuck that shit.

My kids are 18 and 20 and as long as they're in school, it can stay that way. Once you start, you don't stop. I'll let them enjoy it as long as they can.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

few months of unemployment between jobs that was more stressful than working

So right.

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