The Way to Teach Children the Value of Money? Make the Little Beggars Work!
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will that kid ever learn the real meaning of money? I have heard some people defend all this molly-coddling on the assumed basis that it is against the law for children to work. Oh no it isn't.
The Children and Young Persons Act allows for those as young as 13 to work up to five hours on a Saturday and 25 hours in a week at the age of 15, that rises to eight hours on Saturdays and 35 hours weekly.See the full content of this document
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The Way to Teach Children the Value of Money? Make the Little Beggars Work!
There is no legal minimum age for baby-sitting although 16 is recommended by the NSPCC and other than paper rounds, the over- 13s may try helping out in shops, hairdressers, coffee shops (not bars), hotels, offices, cleaners, stables, gardens and with odd jobs.
In fact, about the only things prohibited are industrial...See the full content of this document
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