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mumofsixbirds
ETA: I'd also not be advertising the kid for free services on Craigslist. Considering all of the crimes that have happened from there, I don't think it's particularly safe for her to do this.
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I assumed this was for pay. If she wants to do this for some extra $$$ and the parents know the neighbors then it is ok, but if t was on Craiglist that means it is the usual suburban neighborhood where everone is a stranger and who knows what could happen to her. We used to hire the kids next door for lawn mowing as they had a sit on mower for $20. They need to be paid fairly.
Re: Neighbors call po-po becuz mom is making kid a 'slave' February 12, 2019 | Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 3,708 |
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mumofsixbirds
I hate to say this, but I actually agree with cfinboston. If the kid is expected to do the chores for the neighbors, the very least is that she should be paid for doing it. I remember two scenarios when I was a kid.
One was when I was around 7 or 8, my aunt would throw these huge parties at her house, and I was expected to help her clean the house and then serve the guests. These were parties with a lot of people, and I was expected not only to serve the guests the appetizers, but pour them alcoholic drinks. I had to do that while people ooohed and ahhhed about how cute it was to see a little girl serve them booze out of a silver punch bowl. Afterwards, I was told to help clean up the dishes and put them in the dishwasher, and help tidy the rest of the house. My aunt had a lot of money at the time, but I didn't get anything for what I did. I hated doing it, but it was expected of me to do this. Not just one party, but quite a few from what I remember. I didn't really know what I was doing with the drinks, so on a lot of occasions, people got really piss drunk. That I would consider some form of child slavery. And damned inappropriate.
The second scenario was when I would go to my mom's hair salon on Saturdays, because she didn't have money to pay a babysitter to watch me. I would get the ladies their coffee and magazine while they were under the dryer, sweep up the hair, fold the towels out of the laundry, etc. but I was paid a small bit of money to do this. I actually enjoyed it, because I had a chance to talk to the ladies and go to the mall after I was done and buy myself something for the money I earned that day. It was fun. When I got a bit older, I got my hair done.
I think that there's no harm in letting the daughter do these things if she wants to, but she should be paid for her work. It's not really fair to expect a nine-year-old girl to go to other people's houses, clean and do laundry, and not expect anything in return for her effort.
ETA: I'd also not be advertising the kid for free services on Craigslist. Considering all of the crimes that have happened from there, I don't think it's particularly safe for her to do this.
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