I went from a paper route to baby sitting to doing clean up work on construction sites..my friend had the church janitors job. I did need a work permit from my school Principle to work at 13. I wanted the money. We weren’t poor, but my folks did not give me money for nothin. The free market paid me better. At 15 I was making twice minimum wage working construction in the summer and doing proposal drawings at night. Plus homework and other things. Kids today veg out and think they have it hard. I loved those pay checks. From 15 on my parents didn’t give me a cent. They gave me all I have...it wasn’t money.
I startred work at 14 at McDonalds then worked construction at 15. I was paid 99 cents per hour. 1964. How could that have been illegal?