No 13 year old should be put in such a position, or celebrated for this kind of sacrifice, period.
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13-year old trades in his Xbox and does yard work. He buys his mother a car.
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No 13 year old should be put in such a position, or celebrated for this kind of sacrifice, period.
"Kid jumps in front of her mother to stop a bullet, is killed."
"What a happy story!"
Of course not, but the world and life ain't fair and he stepped up. I'm celebrating him being a good kid.
Thinking child labour is wack is being "too woke" now?
I am glad he brought joy to your day.
In America, even mundane policy proposals become about whether or not you're Doing Capitalism™. Which is basically the joke of this meme:
Right, it's the immutable laws of the "world and life". Not a morally bankrupt system making people literally bankrupt.
are... are we actually calling a kid makin some dosh doing yard work "child labor"
I'd hate to hear how y'all woulda tore into my parents for allowing me to put up fliers for lawn mowing as a kid to pay for a computer.
Overton window. When illness bankrupting people is the new normal, child labor is not out of the ordinary either, and criticising either is being far too idealistic. Corporations won the ideologic war.
In America, even mundane policy proposals become about whether or not you're Doing Capitalism™. Which is basically the joke of this meme:
This is hilarious in itself, but particularly amazing considering someone in this thread just called me "idiotic" (for suggesting Europe's model is better than the US) because "Europe is also capitalist". :D
You used that story as an example of people being unwilling to work when they should be working, but it's not an example of that, it's an example of wages being so low that the job is literally not worth working. I get why that was your gut reaction, but that mindset being so prevalent is part of why the situation here is so bad.
Yup, doesn't make sense.
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What kind of a shitty mother would accept that gift rather than put it in his college fund, etc?
It becomes child labor when he's doing the yardwork to support his family and not for personal spending money.
Oh and what should change?
What the hell are you talking about? What does that have to do with this?
Doing yard work is child labor? Lol do you think my parents purchased my video games when I was younger? Do you know how many lawns I had to mow to buy Street Fighter 2 and a SNES to play it on? Come on now. Don't be silly.
She's shitty because putting food on the table takes precedence over saving for college? The hell are you on about?
You know there's a difference between doing work for toys and doing work for basic survival needs, right?
Yep
Dystopia as Inspiration is the leading tool for normalizing economic inequality
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So the crazy thing with me is, I admittedly have bad credit but even with a cosign with decent credit, which lol sorry grandma, I couldn't qualify for financing on the $4,500 used car I actually wanted but I qualified for the $19,500 Dodge Dart which to me makes aboslutely no sense.
It's the multitude of shitty takes that betray people's lack of understanding of poverty, isn't it?
You know her circumstances? She more than likely needs that car to go out and make money. Bills and shit.
Yes I am for real. You are not supposed to take thousands of dollars out of your 13-year old child's pocket. I am a father of 2 and I have been through hard times and some real motherfucking bankrupt, unemployed, foreclosed, bad-neighborhood, car-stolen, house-broken-into shit and never in my wildest goddamn dreams would I treat the fruits of the labor of my child as something I am entitled to.
If you are working towards the households income and not pocket money, then yes it's child labour.
It's not complicated.
I sold my Xbox, bought my mom a car. The internet, they loved it, they bought me ten consoles! Best deal I ever made.
I was handed a $700 estimate for some recommended car maintenance while getting a flat tire replaced the other day. Needless to say, it was a real thing that happened when I fell to my knees in the lobby and screamed at the Train God to tell me why I've been forsaken.
the kid didnt receive money, he received the car. so i don think she can put the car in his college fund
I really think you are misunderstanding the situation here.
The exact same inhuman types who will argue against any kind of social reform through "reason and facts" against "emotion" will then turn around and criticize people and call them cynical for seeing through this dystopian and depressing story.
I fucking wonder why.
I fucking wonder why.
Assuming this is a (baffling but) legit question, and that you somehow missed my three other posts about it: how about US copying a bit of what Europe is doing? You know, free healthcare, state-sponsored education and transportation, crazy stuff like that. It's been working out really well for us for decades!
I swear sometimes it feels like some US people think Europe is literally a fictional fairytale kingdom or something.
This is pretty tragic to be honest. Kids a good kid but the fact that the kid felt like he had to do this is sad.
Like shit...super personal talk. I was 13, mom was married to dad, hated dad and wanted to move to the states to be happy with this guy she met on line. She was torn about it because she didn't want to leave me and I didn't want to leave Canada for buttfuck no where United States. What did I do? Told her to go, be happy cause she was old and needed to be happy. I thought I was some awesome mature kid for being strong enough to tell my mom that it would fine and for her to be happy.
I was 13, I didn't realize how messed up of a situation it was that she listened to me. I didn't realize how a kid at my age SHOULDN'T be helping his parent make a major life choice like that.
Same with this kid, he did a great thing for his mom but later in life he is going to realize how sad and tragic this situation is and how messed up it is that he even felt like he needed to do that.
Like shit...super personal talk. I was 13, mom was married to dad, hated dad and wanted to move to the states to be happy with this guy she met on line. She was torn about it because she didn't want to leave me and I didn't want to leave Canada for buttfuck no where United States. What did I do? Told her to go, be happy cause she was old and needed to be happy. I thought I was some awesome mature kid for being strong enough to tell my mom that it would fine and for her to be happy.
I was 13, I didn't realize how messed up of a situation it was that she listened to me. I didn't realize how a kid at my age SHOULDN'T be helping his parent make a major life choice like that.
Same with this kid, he did a great thing for his mom but later in life he is going to realize how sad and tragic this situation is and how messed up it is that he even felt like he needed to do that.
Some the responses in here feel like they come from some weird place of entitlement. Have any of you guys been poor as a kid? Like dead broke poor? Gas off in the winter poor? Syrup sandwich poor?
He got her a car so she can move around and take care of her family
This kid was raised right, and doing right by his family. Videogames are great but not a necessity. Love to read stories like this.
EDIT: Oh man there are some strange takes in here. This can't be just a nice story about a kid working to help his family.. this is all about bringing down capitalism eh?
EDIT: Oh man there are some strange takes in here. This can't be just a nice story about a kid working to help his family.. this is all about bringing down capitalism eh?
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the kid didnt get money, he struck a deal for the car.
would you sell away a gift from your kids?
what a shitty father
Not everyone is... Like that. I was dirt poor and tried to help my family as early as 8 years old despite how fucked up they were. I'm still proud that I tried and don't regret it, it shows genuine maturity at a young age.
It's an example of how broken our system is that people can be this desperate, there is no positive 'non-materialism' message here.
I know you're banned but seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you?
The trying to help is fine. The wanting to help is fine. That does show maturity. It's still a messed up situation.
I really hope in a situation like this she is super thankful to the kid, still accepts the car but lets him know that any other money he makes is HIS. As long as she doesn't take advantage of her kids generosity everything is fine.
That and the situation still sucks that the kid had to do this. Kid was forced to grow up early, it sucks.
No one should be "mature" before the proper age, children should be children.