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I'm just saying with Cura Davis.

There's a viral TikTok controversy going around right now

after a customer discovered a 13-year-old employee at a local

chick-file. Now people are asking, is it ethical to allow a child that young to work? My response is

this. It is unethical to not allow a teenager to find gainful employment. This is not 1890.

The United States and each of our individual states have many laws against exploitative child

labor, including truancy laws for schooling.

We're in no danger of suddenly seeing an explosion of six-year-olds operating kitchen

friars.

But we are in danger of losing the value of work and productivity.

I've heard parents say that school is my child's job.

But school is not a job.

School is one form of learning.

Another form of learning is having practical experience.

Jobs give teenagers experience in earning,

saving, teamwork, responsibility, and delayed gratification. Working for a regular paycheck so you can

have something you want or need is one of the most basic elements of adulthood. The classroom is

important, but it is not more important

than real world experience. Too many children are spending too much time with concept and not

enough time with reality. Work is the most basic aspect of human nature. It's primal. It's biblical even.

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