But why would they be in the household if they're earning a living wage? "Working" as a child might mean a part-time job at McDonald's or some such place, but that's not a real job.
It is a real job if you're in poverty. And even a "living wage" won't necessarily get you enough for rent/utilities/transportation/insurance/etc, especially in expensive larger cities.
It's a real job for a kid regardless of circumstance. We can argue over if it's a career or not, but it is certainly a job.
True. I should have clarified that as well. I think auria was insinuating that a teen job shouldn't be considered as income to the family. Which may be true for some teens who are only earning spending money and aren't required to contribute to the family. But most kids with jobs are expected to pay for their own car/gas//insurance/etc, and in some families where funds are limited they may actually contribute to the household expenses and not just their own.
I can't speak to what Auria thinks. Any income can help in a poverty situation and in my area I see signs at McDonalds that start pay around $10/hr. Cost of living in CBus is low, that's a decent wage for an entry level fast food job.
Yes, this is where I was. I was using my own experiences growing up, where kids worked to pay for extra stuff they wanted that parents saw no reason to just go and buy for them even tho they could afford it. I really don't know anything about a world where children have to help their parents pay the bills- didn't grow up like that, don't know anyone who did. I won't apologize for that, and it created division between myself and students at a bunch of places I taught at early on...
For awhile I lived in a predominantly Hispanic city, and that was the norm more than the exception. Even growing up in Florida I knew people in high school who had to work to help support family. In that case they were usually more rural, more kids in the family, or single parent households.
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