Another complaint is that children are too immature to know a bad deal when they see it. As a father of four, I don’t demur. But we normally rely on parents to protect kids from their own childishness. Under current U.S. law, moms and dads can already employ their sons and daughters on almost any terms they please.23 The natural rationale is that few want to mistreat their flesh and blood. Exceptions notwithstanding, parents are children’s best guardians. Once we trust them to decide whether they’re fairly compensating their kids, why not trust parents to decide whether someone else is fairly
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