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ChanieE
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Good for the governor for getting government out the way. When my then-teenaged daughter wanted to get a summer job I had to take time off work to go to the local public school (which she did not attend) to have them issue working papers. What benefit did this serve? If a 14 year old is allowed to work in an office, have the business verify her age the same way they verified her eligibility to work in the US.

And by the way, appropriate child labor is great for the child. They learn responsibility and develop confidence, and once they see how little they bring home from their minimum wage job they discover that education, learning a skilled trade, or becoming an entrepreneur will take them where they want to go in life.