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Comment by anonymouskimmer

Sure it is. The Federal labor laws only apply to businesses engaged in interstate commerce (individual state laws apply locally). But even then exemptions are listed on page 5 of this non-copypastable PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/chil...

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/youthrules/young-workers

If you are under the age of 14, you are only allowed to do the following jobs:

- Deliver newspapers to customers

- Babysit on a casual basis

- Work as an actor or performer in movies, TV, radio, or theater

- Work as a homeworker gathering evergreens and making evergreen wreaths; and

- Work for a business owned entirely by your parents as long as you are not employed in mining, manufacturing, or any of the 17 hazardous occupations.

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