Do you think that children should work?

I can't stop my kids helping me work! I teach English at home and my kids love to join in the classes. The two older boys (15 and 13) have sometimes taken over a class for me. Once when the two younger kids got sick I asked my oldest son to do a bingo game with a class while I cleaned up! He loved it. My oldest son is really looking forward to getting a part time job. He has to wait a few more months to do this but in the mean time he helps me out and also his Grandmother, who works on the land. I think if kids enjoy working and are rewarded then it is not expolitation, when kids are told to work, not allowed to go to school because they have to work, that is wrong! Kids need some responsiblities as they grow, also they need to know that making money isn't easy. Until my kids taught some classes for me they thought my work was easy but after doing just 10 mins out of an hour they realised that it is not so easy.

i think that allowing kids to experience real work on their free time is a good training and discipline. many of the successful people of our time had at some point worked in their family business. they started from the ground up so they know pretty much how their business works. they knows the ins and outs so their employees cannot dupe them. and these individuals know how hard it is to work for money and so they are better stewards of their future incomes, whether in the thousands and in the millions. they are aware that they are rich, but they also know that money doesn't grow on trees. they have a better grasp of reality. on the contrary, those who grow up without experiencing work have generally become spoiled brats who don't know how to work. all they know is how to spend their parents' money. when their parents' die, the businesses die, too, because they don't know how to handle them. there is no training. and they think that money comes easily and doesn't have and end. however, there is also a thin line with exploitation. i think that if children and deprived of the joys and experiences of childhood because of work, then that is exploitation. parents should exercise wisdom in this matter, if they are already overdoing training and discipline or not. :-)

I think any child would be lucky for the opportunity of such an experience. It would depend on the age of the child and I wouldn't want to force them to do it if they didn't want to but I see no harm in getting children involved in a family business. It is good for you in that you have the extra help and not the worry about where your child is or who they are with and they have the advantage of having free work experience which would, of course, benefit them when they apply for other jobs.

No.. way.. i wont allow my kids to do that.. helping you to do something yes.. maybe you need their help in your work.. once in a while u can do that.. but asking them to work.. oh i dont think its a good idea. Kids should have fun and learn more things.. and you as their parent i think its our responsibility to guide them to learn more.. not work for you

of course,when they have spare time,children can help their parents do sth they can.it is a good opportunity to share the burden of parents,and to learn how to work,how hard they work to make money. but not too much,just sometimes.

I think children should help the parents and the business of the family. It is a very helpful experience for them, and also for the family. They don't need to be paid for their work, they just must to give a help hand out there.