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Isn't the mother also partially responsible for letting her son work there?
I understand where you're coming from here, but we're experiencing a spike in homelessness across the country, driven by an affordability crisis when it comes to housing.
This does not mean the parent wanted to put the child to work. Some families literally have no choice, they already are working two jobs themselves, and don't have enough money to get by. If rent keeps increasing but their pay doesn't, they need to find a way to get more income to keep a roof over their head. If she's a single mom, getting attached to a man can be a dangerous thing, and so relying on someone else can be more dangerous long-term than relying on your kids.
Also, finally, most states allow teenagers as young as 16 to work, there are just limitations to how much they can work and what kind of jobs they can do.
Let's not blame parents who are literally struggling to keep a roof over their heads and aren't breaking the law as it's legal for a 16-year-old to work. Especially immigrant parents who are at a disadvantage in our justice system and at a disadvantage economically.
The thing that I'm a little shocked by is that I would assume work in a poultry plant would be considered work that's "too dangerous" for a 16-year-old. Once again, it's not the responsibility to the parent to be ensuring that every business their child could work for is following the law, especially when their child is old enough to work. Letting teenagers work dangerous jobs is a choice by the person who owns the business, and they absolutely have culpability in that. Far more culpability than a parent who apparently can't just assume a business will follow OSHA rules, let alone other laws.
You victim blaming?
Are you saying that the parent isn't also responsible to ensure that their child works in a safe place?
Fuck no. What a stupid thing to suggest. My mommy didn't come to my work when I was 16 because she assumed that in America we don't have such abhorrent conditions to necessitate a visit.
Are you the type of person that needs your mommy to look over all the things you do?
Wow, so edgy. And angry. Whatever is going on with you has nothing to do with my comment. Seems you are just discovering that life sucks and that the system is rigged.
I'm the edgy one? 🙄 How's fifth grade?
And direct to the personal attack. You must be insecure.
I'm just punching down to your level! Too much? Want mommy?
It really is shocking just how toxic you are. The way someone treats you is nearly always a representation of them as a person rather than you. What are you trying to tell us about yourself? I don't actually care, you're getting blocked. But you should probably find a way to answer that question for yourself.
You should have acquiesced after the suggestion mom is partially responsible for ensuring her son doesn't die at work. It was a dumb suggestion. This isn't 1874.
We do normally count on legal guardians to, by definition, ensure the safety of their charges until they come of age.
I don't know the facts of the case here - she may not have even known he was illegally employed - but it's just not inherently outlandish to ask the question. When I was growing up my parents certainly protected me.
As best I can tell, the anger comes down to “but the mom shouldn’t have had to worry”. It’s sort of like they can’t handle that things are the way they are.
I don't disagree with that. And sure my mom absolutely would not have let me work at a slaughterhouse at 16 yo. But the real question here is why does ANY slaughterhouse allow a minor to work there? And, poverty I'm sure is involved. And, arguably, culture differences, as from what I gathered from the comments is she was an immigrant and arguably didn't see anything wrong with her son working somewhere that killed chickens. Which, arguably there shouldn't be anything wrong with that ... But factory farming is intense and I don't think appropriate for minors.