I don’t think danger was the main consideration here, but rather necessity.
Agriculture is really labor intensive. This is also why children are out of school in the summer so they can help out with their family’s farm.
Agriculture is really labor intensive. This is also why children are out of school in the summer so they can help out with their family’s farm.
This is a common myth. There's more work to do during the spring and fall than the summer.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56901/why-do-students-ge...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/debunking-myth-summer...
The necessity here is for cheap food prices, which are politically popular. We care about child labor (and minimum wages), but only so much, so we exempt certain businesses. The fact that a lot of these agricultural jobs are done by minorities is also relevant.
Rising urban density leads to less room for food growing and more people to feed...think about NYC and where all the food must come from to support 20 million people every day.