The 14 year olds with jobs will be the ones most vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Poor with adults in the home who are not around as much as they would like because they are working 3 jobs. Poor with adults in the home who either do not care or are themselves abusive. Or with parents who are abusive, controlling, or don’t care. Kids won’t get a job without a reason.
As @MagicFox and @anon48584343 mentioned, sexual harassment is rampant in places that allow drinking and even worse when the establishment is primarily for selling alcohol. No one should have to endure that but children are particularly vulnerable. It is bad enough at a fast food restaurant like the one I worked at 16.
I also see a new avenue for child predators to find vulnerable victims easily. If a kid complains when the predator sexually harassed them, they have a built in excuse of being drunk. If the kid doesn’t complain, well, there is the predator’s next victim. Society should not be enabling child abuse. Or exploiting children.
