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guardian.co.uk on Nostr: Skip the lemonade stand: let kids be kids not mini-entrepreneurs Inspectors nixing ...

Skip the lemonade stand: let kids be kids not mini-entrepreneurs


Inspectors nixing homemade drinks are easy targets but do we really need children selling warm liquids on the street?Would you eat ice-cream or cookies baked in some kid’s kitchen? Or drink a cup of lemonade made and poured by a first-grader? I don’t even feel safe eating at a Chipotle nowadays let alone consuming products made by six-year-olds with grubby hands and boogers on their fingers.So why is everyone so shocked by the countless tales of lemonade stands – like the ones in Texas, Alabama, Virginia, Colorado and Wyoming, all run by children – that were shut down out of health violation concerns? Or maybe the snow-shoveling business in New Jersey run by two teenagers that was forced to cease because it wasn’t deemed safe? Or the nine-year-old who was selling cookies baked at home that raised red flags with safety inspectors? Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/15/lemonade-stands-children-entrepreneurs
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