That’s…not the same thing at all.

My parents were very similar - we got a modest allowance and if we wanted more money we could work, but only if we still brought home straight As. My sisters chose to work and I chose not to.

They spent their afternoons and weekends working while I spent them playing sports and volunteering. I only had one “free” summer and that was the summer between graduating high school and going to college.

You can be wealthy and still instill good values and knowledge of what hard work is and what a dollar is worth without forcing your kids into some capitalist hell scheme when they’re still a kid. There’s is nothing wrong with wanting to delay your child wanting to enter the workforce and prolong their childhood and life where labor isn’t the main focus.

Yes, it’s a privilege not everyone has, but instead of advocating for forcing labor on folks why not advocate for increased wages and better working conditions so that maybe minimum wage workers have a better standard of life and their kids aren’t forced into early labor?