Posted by horseygirl on March 10, 2011, 1:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Great news!!"
As for child labor protections being abused--good luck with that!!
By the time they're young teens, most kids know about their "rights", and how to enforce them. (Abuse is a different scenario, altogether, though).
It's difficult getting some kids, old enough to be plenty useful, motivated--many have NO concept of what real WORK is. (And some find out when they're doing hard labor).
I'm much more worried about the predators and drug dealers that are allowed to live in our communities, than the local business owner trying to teach an untrained kid to be a useful member of society.