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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just say no. Your neighbor will move onto her next victim. She's not thinking about this as much as you are!

My daughter is 14, and no, she's not doing that sort of job. She has occasional pet-sitting and dog-walking gigs. My 19 year old son has a teaching assistant summer job and an internship. At 14 he wasn't working.

None of this needs to happen. Let your child enjoy her summer off. Goodness knows they work them hard in high school.[/quote]

Omg. This is why kids have no work ethic. $200 a day for a summer job. I’m in![/quote]

The offer was “could make” not “would make” $200, and there was no discussion on how much money she was offering per hour. It’s sounds a bit sketchy. What if barely any bakery items were sold?

And people are thinking that the 14 year old is going to have fun baking with a neighborhood mom. It’s not going tu be like that. This is a business that probably isn’t paying taxes, paying an employee under the table and it doesn’t sound like they are following all the food cottage industry rules. 
There is a reason the US Department if Labor doesn’t allow 14 and 15 year olds to do the type of job the neighbor is proposing. The Child Fair Labor Act guidelines state specifically that 14 and 15 year olds:
This age group may not perform any part of the baking process, such as weighing and mixing ingredients; placing or assembling products in pans or on trays; operating ovens, including convections ovens, toaster ovens, pizza ovens, automatic feeding ovens, and microwave ovens (except those microwave ovens used for warming food as described above); removing items from ovens; placing items on cooling trays; and finishing baked products.[/quote]

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