Child labor laws

[Chubminnow]

For cying out loud man, put the kids to work!!

My dad was in the printing business...he worked all kinds of hours, over time, swing shift, 16 hour days, 12 hour days, got laid off several times too it seems...even when he was working a steady 40 hours (4:00 pm till 12:00 pm) he would still hustle the odd jobs or handyman jobs on his own (painting, drywall, guttering and roofing). I remember in the summers probably from about the age of 12 or so, if he had a job on the side he always put me on it, I was packing shingles up the ladder, painting exteriors of houses, helped to hang drywall, helped tear out old plaster walls to allow for the installation of insulation and new drywall, etc...can't remember what I got paid, it wasn't steady everyday of every summer but I worked a lot compared to some of the other kids in the neighborhood. As I sit here and reflect back on this time frame I now remember a couple of my buddies asking me if my dad was hiring, lol...Can't remember what dad paid me, it wasn't a lot, but it gave me an opportunity to set goals for myself as far as money was concerned.

This topic also brings to something else to light...when I was in high school there was an abundance of trade schools or vocational schools, now days the majority of those old vocational buildings have been "renovated" and turned into classrooms for technology or healthcare and things like that. Back in my day you could partake in these vocational school programs in the 11th and 12th grade for half of your school day and learn a trade, auto body repair, mechanics, plumbing, HVAC, Radio and Television Repair, Drafting, Horticulture, Welding, etc. I took the drafting courses and I owe what I do today to that vocational school program...granted the old "HB Lead", mechanical pencils and electric erasures are long gone and have been replaced with AutoCAD, but the basics of what I do I obtained from my high school days, which is reading construction drawings, producing drawings for construction, etc.

The long and short of this child labor thing for me is I think there needs to be a lot more emphasis placed on teaching kids to actually work for a living and earn their way. I know times have changed, don't see many paper boys anymore, not very many grocery baggers, etc...but still...

[pontooner]

For cying out loud man, put the kids to work!!

The long and short of this child labor thing for me is I think there needs to be a lot more emphasis placed on teaching kids to actually work for a living and earn their way. I know times have changed, don't see many paper boys anymore, not very many grocery baggers, etc...but still...

So you thinks it's a good idea to fire the school janitors/custodians who more than likley have a family to support and replace them with students?


I think everyone agrees that teaching kids the importance of work is a good idea but doing it at the expense of people trying to support families or themselves is a bad idea.

[kygorski]

who pays these "learning kids", ? like i said juvenile WPA.

[GeoFisher]

So you thinks it's a good idea to fire the school janitors/custodians who more than likley have a family to support and replace them with students?


I think everyone agrees that teaching kids the importance of work is a good idea but doing it at the expense of people trying to support families or themselves is a bad idea.

Newt NEVER proposed that. You're reading so much into this.

Work ethic of those 12-20 yr olds ***** due to gameboys, TV, playstation, internet, etc, etc. GET those kids OUT of the house.......let them for 10 hrs a week doing odd jobs.

As many stated here, LOTS of us at that age had jobs. I delivered a daily paper starting at 12 years old or so, and had a 700 paper weekly route too. LOTS of hard work but I learned the value of a dollar.

Kids today have NO IDEA what it takes to earn a buck........

Later,

Geo

[pontooner]

Newt NEVER proposed that. You're reading so much into this.Geo

Newt - ""Most of these schools ought to get rid of the unionized janitors, have one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobile...n_1105288.html

[Chubminnow]

So you thinks it's a good idea to fire the school janitors/custodians who more than likley have a family to support and replace them with students?

Of course not...come on man, we're not talking about giving the entire custodial/janitorial department up to the youth for them to run, operate, be 100% responsible for and in the end have to answer for any mistakes such as not ordering the proper amount of product that is required to operate a school in a sanitary condition. Adult employee's need to make up the bulk of these departments.

But sure...I think some of the employee's in the public school system should be canned and either replaced with workers who take their job seriously....or...replaced by students in some cases.

I've seen plenty of janitors/custodial workers who only half-slung a mop while watching the clock.