My Mother Refused to Pay My 13-Year-Old for Six Weeks of Work. Forty-Eight Hours Later, the Labor Board Knocked.

are laws about that, Mom. You have to be careful with the hours. She needs breaks. And you have to pay her what you promise.”

“Oh, don’t be so dramatic,” she snapped, the sweetness vanishing. “It’s just helping in the family bakery. We’re not sending her to a coal mine. We’ll pay her. Happy?”

“Write it down,” I said. “Agree on a rate. Keep track of her continue reading …