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Could child labor ever be acceptable if it's done consentually? (monyet.cc)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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While child labor is viewed negatively, apparently child labor and child slavery aren't the same thing, and child labor though it could still be exploitative/cruel in other ways, can be done voluntarily by the child, and with fair treatment/compensation/etc.

I suppose you could make the argument that any child labor opens itself up to problems, but could it be done responsibly? And if not, then at what age do we draw the line of labor being not ok regardless of consent?

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[โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, it is casually connected. Child labor causes time that would spent learning to instead be spent related to labor and recovering from labor. This in turn causes reduced academic performance, increasing the likelihood of poverty, which in turn causes increase in criminal behavior.

Ah, you meant in the long run, yeah, fair.

I agree that labor by minors is should only be allowed in very specific cases and highly regulated. I'm not sure if I'd limit entirely to non-profit organizations, or entirely to the summer, or whatever, but yeah, it's not something to take lightly.

Growing up in suburbia, the labor we did have wasn't a problem... Is the general regulatory scheme around child labor in the US deeply problematic in some way I don't know about? Are there a lot of states that are way too permissive?

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