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[–] sonovebitch@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Which country legally allows child labor and driving at 15?

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

The United States. I think most places allow employment at around that age (and even younger for certain jobs). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_working_age

They actually raised the driving age in my state right after I got my license. When I got mine (late 90’s), we just needed to be 15 and take the driving test. My younger sister is only a few years younger and she had to wait longer and do a whole process of getting a learner’s permit where she couldn’t drive alone at night or something.

[–] livus@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

Which country legally allows child labor and driving at 15?

I'm not @ShittyBeatlesFCPres, but New Zealand did when I was 15, and I'm sure it's far from the only country like that. They have since raised it to 16.

When I was 15 we could legally leave school, work during school hours (younger kids could work but only after school), drive a car, have a gun licence. 16 was the age of consent, 18 was the age of signing legal contracts and drinking in bars (all children can legally drink alcohol in New Zealand, just not in bars and they can't buy it).