https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/11/in-defence-of-child-labour/
As much as I despise the Torygraph, the article isn't actually as sensationalist as the headline and accompanying imagery makes it seem.
it’s probably a better idea to call it “part-time youth employment” than the Dickensian-sounding “child labour”. But it’s very clearly a brilliant thing in the right setting: for them, and for the country.
What the author is arguing for is that teenagers should do part time work as it provides both an economic benefit (to the employer and prospective employee) and a social one as well
Within reason, kids doing part-time jobs will teach them about the world. The grimmer the work they do, the more incentivised they’ll feel to work hard at school so they can avoid a rubbish job. Alternatively, they’ll find what they want to do early in life and have a head start.
We don't need to start chopping heads off just yet (at least not for this one specific article, there's plenty of other things in that rag to get upset over).