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There are plenty of regular shows that involve kids.
It would be impossible that they aren't working 40 or more hours a week.
Who is SAG?
Screen Actors Guild... just about the only way to be employed in the industry.
A high school friend tried to get in for a long time... finally he did a short voice over for a TV commercial and he was in... move to New York and spent about 15 years in the industry... enough to get it out of his system.
Maybe everyone over 13 who wants to be an actor would know that.
I have never wanted to be an actor yet I have known what SAG is for most of my 53 years on this earth and I don't even watch television or go to movies.
I believe there is even a SAG Award program that I have read in some news story somewhere.
So the assumption that one has to want to be a child actor or an actor to know about SAG is not correct.
The law should care how advanced my daughter is. The standard sounds like a way to financially control the population.
You could easily not have discrimination by saying that you cannot work until you can do a certain task without assistance.
What company did that girl create?
Most parents buy cars for their kids when they are of driving age, so we doubt she'd want to buy her own?
Take it up with the courts not with us. Few people have a problem with the law. I for one still have no idea why you would want your daughter to work. You don't have a problem buying her a car, or at least having other parents buy their kids cars, why not give your daughter money.
The company that Bella Weems started is called Origami Owl. She is close to 18 years old now. She started the company when she was 14. Last year's sales were over $250million. Truth be told I mentioned that the company was valued at that point. I have no idea what the company is valued at. I miss spoke. Still if my friend Shaun Neff's company is any indication of value I would bet that she is close to the $250million mark. Shaun started Neff Headwear when he was 22 years old and it is in the $400million range as far as what the company is worth.
As far as buying kids cars, most parents that I know do not give their kids cars. Many do but a lot of parents realize that it would be better for them to work for the car. Then again of the people that I know that give their kids cars they are not trying to get them jobs at 13 years of age.
Since we are talking about cars, maybe you would like to go into the fact that kids need to be 16 years old to drive in my state. Perhaps you would like to discuss how these kids are being discriminated against because they can not drive.
We don't believe in credit though so that wouldn't work.
We teach our kids to be responsible spenders and only buy something when they have full cash.
Owing people favors or money is the quickest path to lack of independence.
If you are fortunate to be able to pay cash for a home then your kids may want to take some of that money and invest it in a business of their own. Why have them work when they can be the boss. Most of us have to go into debt to buy a home. I wish I was so lucky.
She wants to work and the purpose of a parent is to give the child the best opportunities it can to make their lives as enjoyable as possible.
The purpose of a parent is to teach a child responsibility. It is to teach them to be good citizens. It is to teach them the idea of delayed gratification. Parenting is not to provide a party for the kids or to entertain them. If your kid wants to work maybe have her cut the yard, take care of the garden, cook dinner for the family, wash the cars, manage some aspect of the home. I see plenty of things to do around the house for the kids to do and we have 5 still at home.
There are plenty of regular shows that involve kids.
It would be impossible that they aren't working 40 or more hours a week.
Who is SAG?
I know I live in an Industry town, and that friends and family are a part of what we call the industry here in the LA metro area, yes even in Oxnard where i live just out of the TMZ, I know I have spent plenty of time working for a studio or two during my life. Maybe I thought that everyone knew what SAG was. I am sorry for that. SAG stands for Screen Actors Guild and they recently merged with AFTRA, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
Oh and TMZ is not just a show it stands for the Thirty Mile Zone that the Unions use to determine pay scales and a bunch of other issues when it comes to where productions are filmed. Based on a center of town and measured 30 miles out of that center.
I don't know if this has been already said, but, a 13 year old shouldn't be working.
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