We don’t? I started working when I was 15 so I could buy a car when I turned 16. With a car, all kinds of opportunities open up. Like taking girls on dates, which, what do you, costs money. Luckily for me I had a source of income. Lord knows my parents couldn’t afford to just give me cash. I think about all the fun life experiences I would have missed out on along with the character building that comes along with doing a job well and earning a paycheck.
Fine, but it's not at all a typical or necessary part of life in most of the US. We do not need to be basing policy off of the "need" for teenagers to work when it affects tens of thousands of family's dinner tables.
Besides, what decade were you 15 in?
Finally, I don't think child labor is the answer to the forced isolation of car-dependent infrastructure.
Depending where you are in the world, yes.
You can get your full driver's license at 16.5 and various more restrictive ones before that here in Kansas (USA).
