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Originally Posted by SamwiseRed
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Donation or purchase? Generally donations are a one way exchange. You paid some children for services, you did not donate.
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There are millions of children around the world that work as shoe shiners. Maybe you haven't been to a poor country, but you could be anywhere, and they will approach you and start shining your shoes for a few cents. This happens tens of thousands of times per day, and sometimes they are even hard to avoid. If it happens to me, I generously give them 5x or 10x the normal charge. There's nothing wrong with paying for a service and/or donating to children at the same time. When you buy lemonade from a lemonade stand, you are paying children for a product/service. When someone shines your shoes, you are paying for a service. When you buy Nike tennis shoes, you are paying for a product/service often made by children.
I think there's nothing wrong with teaching your children how to earn money at a young age. Whether it be through a lemonade stand, fundraisers through school, or learning to read while accepting donations. From a young age, they can learn to be responsible and learn how people in a free society must work to earn a living. Nothing is given to us for free (Obama might disagree).
I was always taught to work hard even when I was a kid. I had to do those school fundraisers, and for me, it was not voluntary. They required us to do it. I hated it. And I didn't get any of the money. I don't consider that to be exploitation, but I do believe it helps us grow into hard workers.
You can disagree -- everyone is entitled to their opinion. I think the real issues here is that Heartbrand didn't like being in the video. Everyone else in the video sent me a private message (including Sektors, Colgate, etc.) and found it funny. They were actually amused that they made the cut. I guess some people just can't take a joke.
Have a great day
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