David M:
Not old enough to work? When I was a boy my allowance was I was allowed 3 meals a day, clothes, and shelter. If I wanted money there was mowing lawns, raking leaves, shoveling snow, or picking up pop bottles for the deposit. Kind of a "Four Seasons" work ehtic.
I should have phrased what I said differently. What I meant is that it is difficult to be employed by a company under age 16 (child labor laws)
I would guess that in upper class suburbs most neighbors would have professional lawn maintainence instead of getting the neighbor boy to butcher their lawns. And I dobt there's much snow to shovel in Southern California.
Granted, there is 'income' to be found, but I wouldn't consider picking up pop bottles for a nickle each a job.
I'm not intending to flame, I'm just saying that the world is a different place for kids now. It certainly isn't because they made it that way, and I think that's something we all need to consider.