I mean, they're not wrong.
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While I guess more teenager than child, I have been doing something to make money (from third parties not like my parents paying me) since I was 13 and I've had some sort of "official" job since I was 16. I said when I was in my mid 20s I learned more from work than I ever did from school, and over a decade later I'll still say it.
As a kid my parents stole my allowance...which often had chores attached. Repeatedly. LOL.
And, no, not as punishment or anything. I was really good at saving money, so when they needed money...poof. Talk about sending the wrong fucking message...
teaching you about taxes
More like a warning about all the ones who will mooch directly off you, even when you don't really have any more than they do. Help them once, they suddenly think you're their personal piggy bank/cigarette vending machine.
Oh, you, too? (Though it was just Mom for me.)
Teenager if you're homeschooled, 5yrs old minimum limit if you're public schooled.
Make Child Labor Great Again
Side note: I like how children cleaning chimneys in the 1900s is always the poster child for anti-child labor proponents. Like, yeah, this is pure fucking propaganda and there's countless other jobs where they don't get dirty and learn valuable life skills.
Do you think it should be illegal for children to clean chimneys? If so, does the Libertarian Party agree with you on this?
Meanwhile, back in 1905, the child cleaning the chimney is like "thank god I'm not the one operating the heavy machines in the factory, Timmy already lost 5 fingers".
Jobs are great for children of all ages, age appropriate of course.
That's what the whole lesson about chores and allowance for children is meant to be about. You don't get anything for free. Use your labour and your skills to earn money. Negotiate for better terms if you can.
Yeah, do kids even do chores anymore? Seems to be a lot less common. I can't remember a time I ever didn't. I'm sure when I was small enough but not that I remember.
For better or worse technology has fractioned the amount of chores even available, and most of what's left involve more complex machinery than you can trust younger kids with.
"Jobs not drag shows" sounds like a great slogan.