Annie M asked:

Okay so tell me if I’m wrong here…I have had the same job since I was 14 and I had always wanted to work before I turned 14…but it is illegal for someone under 14 to work and get a paycheck in Massachusetts. I’m almost 17 and I still love to work but pretty much none of my really good friends have jobs. Their parents say nothing about it and just say “school is your job”. Is it wrong for their parents to keep them from working? I was raised to believe that working and earning your own paycheck is something to be proud of. I’m making my own money and with that money I buy all of my clothes and stuff like that so that my dad doesn’t have to worry about it. Would you consider my friends lazy? I often find myself rolling my eyes at them at this issue…am I wrong?