Comment on A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US

• IzzyJ@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My thoughts exactly. If it’s optional, cool, the kids get some experience and maybe takehome money. If it’s required, fuck that shit.

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• Reddfugee42@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s just child labor exploitation with extra steps.

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  • LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is what it is, and it’s sad that it’s so normalized that people are defending it.

    Everyone knows the kids aren’t technically required, but they’re “required” by social pressure.

    I remember having to go door to door selling things when I was a kid. It may have been voluntary in a technical sense, but I was pretty well mandated to do so if I wanted to be part of that group with my friends. And there was even more pressure from my mom and dad because they didn’t want to be the family whose kid didn’t do the thing.

    I think it’s time we start taking a long hard look at some of these things like fundraisers and de facto coerced employment of youth (without pay) and ask ourselves if a healthy system would allow this.

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• EssentialCoffee@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The one near me that does fundraisers doesn’t have any students working. Usually the teachers go to say hi to families that come.

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