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

the lack of breaks, the promise of wages and the mocking laughter.

Some comments online were outraged on Maya’s behalf. Others muttered about “kids these days” and “everyone being so sensitive.”

Maya read some of them, then looked at me, confused. “Why are they mad at me? I just wanted to get paid what they promised.”

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