Dear Department of Labor: How about a little bit of "do this, not that"?

[Zalatix]

2. I think the bill goes too far by forbidding farmers' kids from working on the farm.

And I see nothing in the bill that actually deals effectively with the actual hazards of farm work.

I lean towards the idea of taking kids off of farms but I can see where forcibly doing this in a sudden manner can be as damaging as not abolishing this long-sanctioned aspect of child labor. Kids working on farms is not like kids in factories making shoes or iPads, at least when you count the impact that farming has on society. A sudden change like this could destroy family farms and force more consolidation. IMO: We need to study the impact of children working on farms and look for a more gradual solution; but we can implement stronger safety laws right now. The tech is there to make it safer.