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