But the US violates the UN Declaration of the RIghts of a Child by exposing people under 18 years old to conditions with hot oil and very dangerous working conditions. There are other aspects of what is considered acceptable in the USA for people under the age of 18 to do that might be unacceptable in other countries. I believe some of our rules involving family businesses violate it as well. For example, children can work at a restaurant their parents own. They can also do heavy farm work at a profit making farm. I don't remember them all, but as far as I know, the issues pointed out by the United Nations back in 1990, are still true in 2015. We consider such things normal here in the USA.