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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This law would apply to HOMESCHOOLED CHILDREN ONLY. Look it up.

In that case, I see nothing wrong with it, though I would not allow my own kids to work overnights.

I worked 15-20 hours a week starting at 16 (and usually more in the summers). I balanced school, a school sport, marching band, and my PT job as a grocery store cashier just fine. It was good for me (taught me great time management skills) and I needed the money to help pay for upcoming college expenses. [/quote]

Are you dense? No one is talking about the merits of teenagers having jobs.  They are talking about rolling back worker protections and allowing 14 year olds to work oversight, leaving them open to the predation and danger that happens when you work at jobs at 1 am.[/quote]

Honestly, people in this thread and others today are so dumb. Just the way MAGA likes their voters. [/quote]

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I can’t believe all stupid people in this thread defending this $&it. These jobs will be taken mostly by low income POC. Specifically girls. But of course this would never affect the DCUM crowd because they would never allow their kids to do this, or be in a position forced to do this. And the fact that so many don’t see the trickle down effect is astounding. I thought this country cared about its children? This sad. Set aside the work part, are you also okay with kids not getting a break to eat during an 8 hour shift? Most of you would quit jobs if they don’t allow coffee runs while on the clock.

Example of the trickle down. In Memphis Tn, FedEx during the mid 80s, started hiring college students during the Christmas season to sort millions of packages on the overnight 10pm to 6am shift, the pay was significantly above minimum wage.  Back then they also offered about $500 a year for tuition reimbursement, so it was a great recruiting tool. As FedEx grew, they started hiring students to work year around. The University of Memphis (Memphis State) had over 22% students of color (meaning African American) drop out after only working for FedEx for 8 months, 17% decrease in college applications from Memphis area AA high school students. Understandably, most are now 18, and can decide for themselves, but most came from low income families that needed them to contribute to their household. Instead of attempting to get an education/complete their education, they started working for FEDEX because it paid good money. It took Memphis nearly 20 (around 2003) years to recover from this deficit and get the percentages back up to where they were in the 1980’s regarding college applications from families making less than $30,000 annually (including non-POC families). Even with high paying jobs from FEDEX and UPS, Memphis consistently ranks in the top 5 for violent crime. Now of course FEDEX wasn’t the main factor in these drops, and I’m not blaming FEDEX at all. (My mother worked there for over 30 years, actually worked for Fred Smith in the early years.)And of course I’m probably leaving out nuances from the study conducted by U of M, but it clearly laid out when lower income young adults, especially AA males, joined the work force from high school or while in college, they don’t go/go back to college. Thankfully, FedEx has made significant inroads in keeping the enrollment up for college student workers by better managing the shifts of that demographic and incentives to stay in school.

Saying this to say, many times when kids on the fringe start working, they often push education to the back burner because they’ve become dependent on the money. [/quote]

Thank you for bringing data and evidence to this discussion.  Very powerful.[/quote]

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