<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I never knew about child labor laws...whoda thunk it? I suppose it is something to consider. I'll pass it on to the family. But it's not like someone would be forcing a child to work. It would be a situation in which one would voluntarily exchange work for knowledge. Oh well, I'm not in the mood for solving social problems today. :)<br> <br> JF<br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</a> wrote: <blockquote cite="mid404.13de9c6.3289ec75@aol.com" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name="GENERATOR"> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"> <div> <div><strong><em>   David --Dean</em></strong></div> <div><strong><em>   Having hired some that young I can tell you that the government requires a work permit. I am grateful I lived in a generation where I was taught & enjoyed learning to work at a very early age. Farms ,family business, raking leaves etc.  It saved me from many things.  </em></strong></div> <div><strong><em>   So many things I learned from Dad & especially my grandfather the farmer I've already passed on to my kids. Well not the tractor driving part. !!</em></strong></div> <div><strong><em> As all know Children of very young ages learn things faster than even 14 year olds. Mozart & many who had oppurtuntiy to sit at the feet of masters from an early age.</em></strong></div> <div><strong><em>  </em></strong> <strong><em>I'd love to see some kind of shift toward earlier ages in terms of vocational training but </em></strong><strong><em>No one is for exploiting children.</em></strong></div> <div><strong><em>  Dale</em></strong></div> <div><strong><em>  We should probably take this off list</em></strong></div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"><font style="background-color: transparent;" color="#000080" face="Arial" size="2"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">You mean like our freedom to exploit children?</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"></span></font> </p> <div> <p><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;">David Love<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</a><br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com">www.davidlovepianos.com</a></span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;"> </span></font></p> </div> </font></blockquote> </div> <div>   </div> </font></blockquote> </body> </html>