I am a child and I need to help support my family. If the minimum wage is $7.25, I will be able to help support them but if it is less than a dollar, then i will not be able to help much. If you don't pay enough, people will not want to work for you.
If there is a set number of hours, the employers can't make people work longer than that. Some employers make you work for 60 or more hours a week. This makes the kids very tired. The kids also don't get to see my family very often and if there is only 40 hours a week working I could possibly get an education so that I will be able to get a better job.