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    Is It Wrong for a Child, Almost 10, to Do Some Work as a Mother’s Helper?

    January 1, 2019
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    Can a kid, almost 10, work as a “mother’s helper” for a few hours a week, doing stuff like folding clothes or feeding a baby? One homeschooling mom was excited to let her responsible child start doing this. She placed a local ad.

    Neighbors called the cops.

    If you’d like to join the conversation, it’s over at Let Grow!

    Sarah, the would-be Mother’s Helper. (Photographed by her mom, Christina Behar.)

     

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    1. Jomari on January 8, 2019 8:17 am

      They should be allowed. The Society we live in believes you have to be 21 to do any type f work because children under ten MIGHT be unre ea posible and well, of course yu just CANT trust teenagers!

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