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Could child labor ever be acceptable if it's done consentually? (monyet.cc)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by DragonWasabi@monyet.cc to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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While child labor is viewed negatively, apparently child labor and child slavery aren't the same thing, and child labor though it could still be exploitative/cruel in other ways, can be done voluntarily by the child, and with fair treatment/compensation/etc.

I suppose you could make the argument that any child labor opens itself up to problems, but could it be done responsibly? And if not, then at what age do we draw the line of labor being not ok regardless of consent?

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[–] Antimutt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If the money involved is enough to ensure they are not poor and legal protections exist, should there still be such a ban?

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Adults paid minimum wage without other sources of income are poor. What you’re implying is a system that pays children a living wage that is above the current minimum wage. What employer is going to pay someone more than minimum when they are a child who will have major limitations and liabilities as an employee, and when they could potentially pay a full grown adult to do more work with less liability for less pay?

The only reality where that happens is when it is a job that a child can do more easily than a full sized adult, and that is exactly the kind of work that made child labor illegal in the first place—those little hands can sure reach deep into those factory machines, can’t they?

[–] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If these protections work 100% and the kids are for sure not being manipulated and it doesn't take away from their education... And we're sure they don't 'not know better'. I'm not sure if we'd need that ban.

Let's say you're Harry Potter. Or Hermione Granger and you're 11 yo and you have people to make sure you don't suffer from working. I'm okay with that. And I think they got paid more than minimum wage. I didn't watch the documentary so I don't know if it worked out alright for them. But starring in movies reportedly is hard work.