14 Year Olds in Florida

Can now work the overnight shift. It’s a great day for children’s rights !

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hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

My mother left home when she was 14 and worked in a hotel then hospital before she married my father when she was 16. They remained happily married until death did them part. She never regretted her options or her choices.

AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M

@hippyjoe1955 my grandpa was kicked out of his home in Boston in 1932 at age 14 bc too many mouths to feed . Your mom sounds like a good woman .

hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

@AthrillatheHunt She was a wonderful Mom. I kind of get a smile out of those who would delay adulthood for years. I worked on Dad's farm from the time I could walk. Gathering eggs as a young child. Herding cattle, feeding pigs, chickens, turkeys and ducks. Spending 8 hours a day driving the tractor when I was 10. Now people don't become adults until they are 35.

AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M

@hippyjoe1955 that’s how you develop a work ethic and a back bone.