We can also work at 14, though, most get a job at 16 虽然大多数人是在16岁时找到工作，但14岁我们也可以工作。
Beelzizzy
Do you work on a farm or for family? Because most places won't hire under the age of 16 because of child labor laws in America 你在农场或为家人工作吗？因为美国的童工法，大多数地方不会雇用16岁以下的人。
🎀Simply Safiyya🎀
Definitely working with a permit. I'm not sure what state allows 14 year olds without a permit to work. 肯定需要工作许可。我不确定哪个州允许14岁的孩子无需许可就可以工作。
Shelby V
You must have a work permit to have a job under 16 years old and it is very restricted 你必须有工作许可证才能在16岁以下工作，并且这受到非常严格的限制。
RVAnative
14!!?? how? where im from in the United states it is illegal to work at 14. 14岁！！？？怎么可能？我所在的美国这个地方，14岁工作是违法的。
beabadoobie
This whole thread is very eye opening as an American who's been working since 15. 作为一个从15岁就开始工作的美国人，整个讨论让我大开眼界。
Courtney Pilant
I didn't even realize you could work at 14. 我甚至没有意识到你可以在14岁时工作。
Sarah
My kids started working at 14 too. I let them so they had some extra money and to help them learn about how employment works. I hope you're able to enjoy your money 我的孩子们也是14岁开始工作的。我让他们这么做是为了让他们有一些额外的钱，并帮助他们了解就业是怎么一回事。我希望你能享受你的钱。
Nyxiam Darling
I got my first job at 14 too. I worked during summer break only until I was 16, then I worked after school and on the weekends. I've been working ever since. 我也在14岁时得到了我的第一份工作。我在暑假期间工作直到16岁，然后在放学后和周末工作。从那以后我就一直在工作。
小红薯6785DB98
I work anywhere between 30-40 hours a week am considered a part time employee which means I get none of the benefits as my full time coworkers. I do not receive health insurance like they do even though we work roughly the same amount of hours 我每周工作30到40小时，被视为兼职员工，这意味着我没有全职同事那样的福利。即使我们的工作时间差不多，我也没有像他们一样的健康保险。
Jisnotcreative
I started working when I was 15.5. I worked after school and on weekends, but no more than 20 hours per week. In some cases, you can start working younger, like 14. With permission, it can still be legal. Just depends on the laws where you live. 我从15岁半开始工作，在放学后和周末工作，但不超过每周20小时。在某些情况下，你可以更早开始工作，比如14岁。如果有许可，这仍然是合法的。这取决于你居住地的法律。
ZariaWorldwide
I feel like as technology improves and population increases, we should all work less. A true ideal place is one where you feel rested and rewarded, but do your fair share. I hope the end ideal settles at 12 hours per week, personally. 我觉得随着科技的进步和人口的增长，我们都应该减少工作量。一个真正的理想之地是你感到休息和得到回报的地方，但你也完成了自己的一份责任。我个人希望最终的理想状态是每周工作12小时。
Juvieck
20 hours a week?! what state do you live in? In California, if you are 14, you can't work more than 18 hours. on school nights you should not be at your job for longer than 3 hours and non-school night you cannot be there longer than 8 hours. (1/2) 每周20小时？！你住在美国的哪个州？在加利福尼亚，如果你是14岁，你不能工作超过18小时。在学期间的晚上，你不应该在工作地点待超过3小时，而非学期间的晚上你不能在那里待超过8小时。
Apt_328
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I personally work anywhere from 55-65 hours a week. I work 3 jobs (my fulltime job working at a high school) but after bills and groceries, I only have about $15-30 [哭惹R] in November I had to sell my blood plasma so I had enough money for my fiance to go to the doctor [可怜R] it is very hard
You are 100% correct, it is not a long term solution at all. It was my first (and hopefully only) time donating blood to make sure we got had enough money before payday
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I'm a teacher in Arizona, and I have the same experience.我是亚利桑那州的一名教师，我也有同样的经历。
Professor Dad
I used to donate plasma for the water bill when I was in high school, that alone is tough. I'm sorry you're going through this.高中时我常常为了支付水费而出售血浆，这本身就很艰难。我很遗憾你正在经历这一切。
Rosemary
I have said for most my life that we are "voluntary slaves." We don't have it quite this bad but not too far off.在我的大部分生活中，我都说我们是“自愿的奴隶”。虽然情况没有这么糟糕，但也没有相差太远。
小红薯6788B015
I used to sell my plasma twice a week every week while working full time+overtime to pay the rent. Once I had to sell my tools to a pawn shop to get gas money so I could get to plasma, to get enough to buy groceries我以前每周卖两次血浆，同时全职工作加加班来支付房租。有一次，我不得不把工具卖给当铺来换取汽油钱，这样我才能去卖血浆，赚够买食品杂货的钱。
Derek
Seeing Chinese people getting shocked that it's legal and normal for Americans to sell their blood to afford rent is crazy. My ex sold his blood whenever he got the chance and it resulted in him going into psychosis from the exhaustion 🥹看到中国人对美国人出售血液以支付房租感到震惊，觉得很疯狂。我的前男友一有机会就卖血，结果因为过度劳累而精神失常。
really!? America always tells us about very young children working in factors to make goods from China. Glad to know that's not true.真的吗！？美国总是告诉我们中国有非常年幼的孩子在工厂里做工来制造商品。很高兴知道那不是真的。
Melody Millennial
sighh I have a nine hour shift tomorrow but they usually give me a 30-1 hr break唉，我明天要上9小时的班，但他们通常会给我30分钟到1小时的休息时间。
Ed era
I started working at 12, probably under the table work我从12岁开始工作，可能是那种未报税的工作。
John.westlake 哇哦！
They always tell us here in America that China makes little kids do work and that's why the stuff is cheap😭他们在美国总是告诉我们，中国让小孩子做工，这就是为什么东西便宜的原因 😭
小红薯678DB63F
You have to have special permission to work at 14 and that is the youngest you can work but it is not child labor你必须获得特殊许可才能在14岁时工作，这是你能工作的最小年龄，但这不属于童工。
Gavin
your parents will yell at you if you do not have a job by 15.如果你15岁之前还没有工作，你的父母就会对你大吼大叫。
小虫子
It varies by state, but in most states, it is illegal to work if you're younger than 16. Even though that is still not very good.每个州的情况都不一样，但在大多数州，如果你未满 16 岁，工作就是违法的。尽管这仍然不是很好。
永远的向日葵田
That's wild, some teens will shame each other here for not having a job and a driving permit by 16-17这太疯狂了，这里有些青少年会在16-17岁时因为没有工作和驾驶许可而互相羞辱。
HollieValley
child labor is only allowed if you get special permission from the school and parents because we do not want kids to miss out on school只有在学校和家长的特别许可下，童工才是允许的，因为我们不希望孩子们错过上学的机会。
Zero_Two
This issue working permits usually for those who are under the legal working age (16 mostly). They have limited hours they can work, and a curfew.这个问题涉及到那些低于法定工作年龄（大多是16岁）的人的工作许可。他们可以工作的小时数是有限制的，并且有一个宵禁时间。
Candis
That's because Chinese society cares about its citizens. The US emphatically does not.这是因为中国的社会关心其公民。而美国则显然不是这样。
Boomer Rogers
I also started work at 14. It's so expensive here.我也从14岁开始工作。这里的生活费用太高了。
Laura
many do because families are poor and need money. also in white American culture they usually kick kids out young so they need to make money early很多人这样做是因为家庭贫困，需要钱。另外，在白人美国文化中，他们通常会让孩子们很年轻就独立，所以他们需要尽早赚钱。
jon snows wife
Depending on the state❤️ he'd be allowed to work in Texas根据州的不同，他可以在德克萨斯州工作。
Zeusbeeating
child labor is also illegal here but starting at 14 ppl can get jobs and if they are 14-16 they need parent permission and get a reasonable amount of work for their age童工在这里也是非法的，但从14岁起人们就可以找到工作，如果他们是14-16岁，则需要得到家长的许可，并且他们的工作量要合理适合他们的年龄。
Localfailure
I'm in Illinois and you can work limited hours at 14 with a signed work permit .我在伊利诺伊州，14岁时你可以通过签署工作许可证来有限制地工作。
angie hammond
I started working when I was 8.我从8岁开始工作。
夏天的孩子 Natsuko
Child Labor is illegal here too. Teenagers can get work permits at 14 to get a part time job when not at school, but most never work until they're 18.童工在这里也是非法的。青少年可以在14岁时获得工作许可，在不上学时做兼职工作，但大多数人直到18岁才开始工作。
Morgan - 摩根
In America there are certain things that would allow someone to work. You can work more than 3 hours on a school day and no more than 20 a week在美国，有一些特定情况允许某人工作。你可以在上学日工作超过3小时，每周不超过20小时。
小红薯678B0E6A
It's voluntary, so teens can earn pocket money. Not all do it, and it usually requires parents' permission + good grades. In most states, there are limits on how many hours (20) and only safe jobs. Typically in fast food or customer service... sone kids will even offer to do yard work for neighbors这是自愿的，因此青少年可以赚取零花钱。并不是所有人都这么做，而且通常需要家长的许可+好成绩。在大多数州，对工作小时数（20小时）有限制，且只能从事安全的工作。通常是在快餐或客户服务行业……有些孩子甚至会主动为邻居做庭院工作。
Kimmie chan (Kimmiechan)
in the u.s. you can work as young as 14 many places but most teens don't work until 16 (in my family we all got our first jobs at 16). There's 4 kids in my family and we have pretty poor parents so we couldn't rely on them for big purchases like our first cars or college money, and once you-become an adult you have a big savings already built up from working that can help with stuff. it varies but in low income families it's very common teens work to make their own money since the parents can't provide much.在美国，很多地方14岁就可以工作，但大多数青少年直到16岁才开始工作（在我的家庭中，我们都是在16岁时得到了第一份工作）。我家有4个孩子，我们的父母比较穷，所以我们不能依靠他们购买像第一辆车或大学学费这样的大件物品，一旦你成年后，你就已经有了一个很大的储蓄，可以帮助你处理一些事情。这因情况而异，但在低收入家庭中，青少年自己挣钱是非常常见的，因为父母无法提供太多支持。
papillonmuffin
Sometimes children work to help their families, I worked two jobs at 15 to help my mother, but most children under 18 that work do so because they want to have extra pocket money. I am amazed because we have been told that forced child labor is incredibly common in China, but now I see the lie! 💕有时候孩子们为了帮助家庭而工作，我在15岁时做了两份工作来帮助我的母亲，但大多数18岁以下工作的孩子是为了挣点额外的零花钱。我很惊讶，因为我们一直被告知在中国强制童工劳动非常普遍，但现在我看到了这个谎言！💕
Mishy
It requires a workers permit and many do it during the summer or after school. They have to get permission from their parents and the school. I did it in my youth because I wanted to earn my own money and not have to rely on allowance. It taught me the value of money that much more.这需要工作许可证，许多人会在暑假或放学后做。他们必须得到家长和学校的许可。我在年轻的时候做过，因为我想要赚自己的钱，而不是依赖零用钱。这让我更加明白了金钱的价值。
Awkward Potato
We don't force teenagers to work. My son is 13 and can't wait to have an independent income while still living at home. That's his choice. He gets good grades, attends summer camps, goes on class trips, plays video games withgames friends, and respects others. You're acting like this is forced Lol我们不会强迫青少年工作。我的儿子13岁，迫不及待地想在住在家里时拥有独立的收入。这是他的选择。他学习成绩优异，参加夏令营，班级旅行，和朋友们一起玩游戏，尊重他人。你表现得好像这是被迫的一样，哈哈。
ashlieloraé
the youngest you can legally work is 14 (only like 4 places hire at this age) and have a lot of laws about how many hours a week and day they can work and making sure they get breaks. But when you turn 16 child labor laws don't matter anymore and treat you as an adult你能合法工作的最低年龄是14岁（只有大约4个地方会雇用这个年龄段的人），有很多法律规定关于他们每周和每天能工作的小时数以及确保他们能得到休息。但是当你16岁时，童工法不再适用，你会被视为成年人对待。
really!? America always tells us about very young children working in factors to make goods from China. Glad to know that's not true.
真的吗！？美国总是告诉我们中国有非常年幼的孩子在工厂里做工来制造商品。很高兴知道那不是真的。
评论里是山东烟台被黑得最惨的一次，因为竟然有老美说Car dealerships for example, use massive amounts of slave labour all over Chinese regions. :( (山东省的烟台就是一个已知的例子。
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this can happen but is not legal. I think its more common in other countries that produce goods with less regulation这可能发生，但不合法。我认为在那些生产商品时监管较少的其他国家这种情况更为常见。
Ramiel (Pawberri)
Probably to normalize the fact that so many American children have to help with bills at a young age.可能这是为了使许多美国儿童在很小的时候就必须帮忙支付账单的事实正常化。
Kycoaimi
No of course not we're just lied to my dude.当然不是，我们只是被误导了，我的朋友。
Boomer Rogers
it is true- it's just not legal!这是真的——只是它不合法！
renee~!
Nah bruh for us it's yall in the temu factory's or whatever😭🙏并不是啦，兄弟，是你们那边在temu工厂或其他地方的人😭🙏
haze.lol
the child labor stuff is probably from countries next to China and is generalized and called China for some reason童工的事情可能来自中国邻国，在某些原因下这些国家被泛称为中国。
Michael Ukpong
If you want to work in the US and you are 14-16 you have to have a workers permit, and we have laws that minors aren't supposed to work over 20 hours in a week, and can't be forced to work late etc. in the US most of the time teenagers work so they can have spending money如果你想在美国工作并且年龄在14到16岁之间，你就必须要有工作许可证，并且我们有法律规定未成年人一周工作时间不应超过20小时，也不能被迫加班等。在美国，大多数时候青少年工作是为了能有一些零花钱。
小红薯678CE041
It is true when talking about trafficking which is still a huge problem everywhere, so don't think it's not happening at all. But again, it is everywhere. Car dealerships for example, use massive amounts of slave labour all over Chinese regions. :( (Yantai, Shandong province is a known one.)当我们谈论人口贩卖时，这是真的——这在世界各地仍然是一个巨大的问题，所以不要认为它完全没有发生。但是同样，它无处不在。例如，汽车经销商在整个中国的地区使用大量的slave劳动力。:( （山东省的烟台就是一个已知的例子。）
WntLastFrv
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How can you work at such a young age? In China, you need to go to middle school at the age of 14.
i was 14 when i got my first job. it was only during summer though. it's actually normal in America for 16 year olds to work. that's when they can start driving我14岁时得到了我的第一份工作。不过那只是在夏天。实际上，在美国16岁的孩子工作是很正常的。那时他们就可以开始开车了。
Sirr Tricia
Some states allow kids to work at 14 with a work permit. Limited hours. And certain jobs are restricted until 18.有些州允许14岁的孩子持有工作许可证工作。有限的工作时间。并且某些工作直到18岁才被允许做。
Wendi AK
You still have to go to school in the US at the age of 14, but you can work on the side with special permission在美国，你到了14岁仍然必须上学，但可以在获得特别许可的情况下兼职工作。
Gavin
the same here 14 is last year of middle school for us, so I have no idea how they are working it is usually 16 when you can get a job我们这里也一样，14岁是初中的最后一年，所以我完全不知道他们是怎么工作的，通常要到16岁才能找到工作。
chimutan
Students must stay in school until age 16, which is second year of high school. Some children work part time (20 hours ot so) after school.学生必须留在学校直到16岁，也就是高二。一些孩子放学后会兼职工作（大约20小时）。
小红薯6784B546
In America we are taught that Chinese children as young as 10 years old work in factories. America pushes people to get a first job at the age of 15 or 16在美国，我们被告知中国有10岁的孩子在工厂里工作。美国鼓励人们在15或16岁时得到第一份工作。
Fozzy
you go to school then right after school you work你在学校然后放学后就去工作。
Jade Lynn
There are limits to how many hours a child under 16 can work. They are still required to be in school.16岁以下的孩子工作的时间是有限制的。他们仍然需要在学校上学。
Springish
They work after school. School here is only 8 hours or so a day他们在放学后工作。这里的学校每天只有大约8个小时。
Vera
Most kids don't work until high school, like at a summer job for example.大多数孩子直到高中才开始工作，比如暑期工。
ネルキ
许多地方将按照学校时间表进行调整 // Many places will work around school schedules许多地方会根据学校的日程安排进行调整。
抒情菌丝体_Lyrical Mycelium
we still have middle school at this age but we can work part time like on weekends or during school breaks like summer break and stuff我们在这个年龄还有初中，但是我们可以像周末或者暑假那样的学校假期期间兼职工作。
Localfailure
i have never heard of someone working at 14 in the us unlesss it was a family business or literally the most entry level position one could apply for我从来没有听说过有人在14岁时就在美国工作，除非是在家族企业中，或者是申请最基础的职位。
STL Sports Daily
小时工是这样的。我有一个朋友（绿卡）去年暑假以10USD/h的奴工价干了一个多月。// The hourly worker is like this. I have a friend (green card) who worked for more than a month last summer at $10/h, at what he called a 'slave wage'.
Wen何时
We can do both我们可以两者兼顾。**
Lovey
In the state of Tennessee, children as younger as 15 can be hired. However, there are laws about the hours you can work, you have a curfew I believe 7pm is when you're supposed to be able to leave work & go home, & parents are to sign consent forms for you to work. At 16, you no longer need consent在田纳西州，15岁的孩子也可以被雇佣。然而，有关于你能工作多少小时的规定，有一个宵禁时间，我相信晚上7点是你应该能够下班回家的时间，父母需要签署同意书让你工作。16岁时，不再需要同意书。
KendallNotKenDoll
they are doing both they go to school and work when they aren't in school. America has special laws to let people under 18 work. in some states they are trying to make it even lower, and allow some children to not go to school at all and just do labor.他们两者都在做，不上学时就去工作。美国有特别法律允许18岁以下的人工作。在一些州，他们甚至试图降低年龄限制，允许一些孩子完全不去上学，只做劳动。
小红薯678D5247
It's not very common for 14 year olds to be working in America, but it does happen. There are restrictions, though. They need to get work permits, and they usually are only allowed to work a certain amount of hours. It's especially not very common because people can't get a driving permit until 1514岁的孩子在美国工作并不常见，但这确实会发生。不过，这是有规定的。他们需要获取工作许可证，并且通常只被允许工作一定的时间。这尤其不常见，因为人们要到15岁才能拿到驾驶许可。
达芬🐱
I don't know where in the U.S. she is so it could be different because her state may have different laws than mine. My oldest son turns 14 next week and he wants to get a job. So we have to get a permit for him, his doctor must sign off on it, and he is only allowed to work very few hours by law.我不知道她在美国的什么地方，所以可能不同，因为她的州可能有不同的法律。我的大儿子下周就要14岁了，他想找工作。所以我们得给他办个许可证，他的医生必须签字，而且法律上他只能工作很少的时间。
Tara Ryan
I worked at 14, and I basically worked after school, weekends, and summers. Some high schools have programs where you work a certain amount of your school day in local businesses ranging from offices to supermarkets to farms. Some families who have businesses homeschool so kids can work in the day我在14岁时工作过，基本上是在放学后、周末和暑假工作。一些高中有项目，让你在当地的办公室、超市或农场等地方工作一定的时间。一些有
Almost all of my friends in college sold plasma. But there are rich kids in college that don't have to.我大学几乎所有的朋友都卖过血浆。但也有一些富裕家庭的孩子不需要这样做。
izzyr418
it's true, there are a ton of plasma donating centers where you will be paid确实，有很多血浆捐赠中心会支付你报酬。
小红薯678BF9DD
It's true. I have done it when money was tight. You get anywhere from 100usd.这是真的。当钱紧张时我也做过。你可以得到60到100美元不等。
CuddlyDeadKitty
It's true这是真的。
小红薯6789F3BE
Not a lie. If we ever need a blood transfusion, we're charged thousands.不是谎言。如果我们需要输血，我们会被收取数千美元。
小红薯678805C8
some people even sell eggs to make money and get out of debt. usually female college students. 1 egg can sell for $15,000 dollars有些人甚至卖卵子来赚钱和还债。通常是女大学生。一个卵子可以卖到15000美元。
iforgot
It is strange, but happens often. In America, they will pay you to take some blood for the people who need blood transfusions. It's common to do if you don't have enough money over here, and most Americans are poor.这很奇怪，但经常发生。在美国，他们会付钱让你为需要输血的人献血。如果你没有足够的钱，这是常见的做法，而且大多数美国人都是贫穷的。
drew
They have plasma centers all over America. Hundreds of them. People go and sell plasma to get food and pay bills. They have to pay taxes on it as well. I'm sorry to shock you他们在美国各地都有血浆中心。有数百个。人们去那里卖血浆以获取食物和支付账单。他们也必须为此缴税。我很抱歉让你震惊了。
小红薯678D1F12
It's true it's a business look at these places on google这是真的，这是一个业务，可以在谷歌上查找这些地方。
Littlelioncub
Plasma centers can be found just about anywhere where here, but they are especially concentrated in impoverished neighborhoods.血浆中心几乎在任何地方都能找到，但它们尤其集中在贫困地区。
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Yeah it's true about Americans and selling plasma. We can sell plasma and a lot of people rely on this to make enough money to survive. But they limit you a certain times a month, otherwise your health is at risk. So it's a limited amount of money you can make.是的，关于美国人出售血浆的事情是真的。我们可以卖血浆，很多人依赖此赚取足够的钱生存。但是他们一个月内限制你一定的次数，否则你的健康会有风险。所以你能赚的钱是有限的。
CleverSpecter
It's regular here.这里很常见。
夏天的孩子 Natsuko
It really happens! we have medical centers, where they can draw your blood for donation and buy your plasma from you. Helps the people who need blood transfusions especially if there is a shortage of a certain type!这事真的会发生！我们有医疗中心，他们可以抽取你的血液用于捐献，并从你那里购买血浆。帮助那些需要输血的人，尤其是在某种类型短缺的时候！
Lilly Kitts
那么，最后一个问题是，为什么高中老师都要去卖血？想不到吧？
有一位好心人为我解惑了 @小红薯6785BCFA
it can be very true depending on where in the US you are at. Some schools have a period where the teacher can work on lesson plans, then when school let's out, head to a second job, after that grade papers. The next day they do the same thing but with a different job or on the weekends go donate.
