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CMV: Local authorities shutting down children’s stalls such as lemonade stands is perfectly reasonable.

By making an exception for children, it opens up all kinds of loopholes which adults can exploit by taking advantage of children. It would not be difficult for an adult using their child as a salesperson in a street stand to bypass laws that they, themselves would have to adhere to. For a functioning society, it is important for all businesses and products even on the smallest scale to be regulated and monitored. If not then everything becomes unclear. What age is young enough to plead ignorant? What products are and aren’t allowed to be sold? I do not believe that fines should be issued regarding it and I’m not suggesting that we go out actively shutting them down. However if there is a complaint in any way and local authorities are informed then they are obliged to shut them down. Laws are in place for a reason and if certain laws are ignored due to a child’s ignorance then we set a precedent which is harmful to society as a whole.
To summarise- We have laws which should be upheld in society and by making exceptions could lead to the exploration of those exceptions.
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Circumstances matter.

I think there's a reasonable compromise here. Let children sell lemonade, who gives a shit. And if there's a suspicion that someone is abusing the system by using children as surrogates to avoid the permitting system, then shut it down.

Cops don't pull *everyone* over every time they are speeding. There's discretion. We should apply discretion here.