# Child labor in Alabama Hyundai factory

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 22, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-labor-in-alabama-hyundai-factory/968383 "2022-07-22T17:38:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-labor-in-alabama-hyundai-factory/968383/121 "2023-10-24T01:28:24Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Child safety is a big issue (or at least I would have thought so, but I guess not in the US).

It isn’t if the child fails the paper bag test. They’re seen as disposable.

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-labor-in-alabama-hyundai-factory/968383/122 "2023-10-24T01:58:09Z")

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> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#):
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> If you’re going to be mounting tires anyway, you should start as an apprentice at 14, not screw around with algebra homework.

Wouldn’t putting someone into that kind of program guarantee they’re not going to be “screwing around with algebra” and thus dictate, somewhat, their future?

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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-labor-in-alabama-hyundai-factory/968383/123 "2023-10-31T04:52:32Z")

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And does it really take so long to learn how to change a tire, anyway?

I would have thought that with all the handwringing about mental health of children and teens nowadays, some astute people would have noticed that hey, there are good reasons to help schoolchildren develop skills and knowledge that will help support their creative fulfillment and emotional resilience throughout their lives, even if they don’t directly translate into a specific career skillset.

All of today’s schoolchildren are going to spend a non-negligible amount of their lives putting up with stressful situations where the personal satisfaction of accomplishing some physical task like changing a tire is not immediately available to them. Is it really better for them just to put up with that stress in growing impatience, frustration and boredom, or to have some kind of creative outlet like haiku composition to decompress their brains a bit?

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