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School-Lunch Monitoring System for Parents
karvind writes "According to Yahoo, three school districts in the Atlanta area last week became the first in the country to offer the parental-monitoring option of an electronic lunch payment system called Mealpay.com. The system was initially designed as a convenient way to make sure children bought lunch without worrying that lunch money would get lost, spent on other things or stolen. But on parent's request online meal-monitoring option was added and now parents can see all of a student's lunch purchases."
(Fine, here's the rant with line breaks!)
Because dignity and responsibility come on your 18th birthday.. Till then you're simply cattle.
Can the teenager in the article own that cookie, or ANY property for that matter? Nope, it has to be "handled" for him.
Can the teen enter into contracts? Not realistically, unless it's for essentials, such as FOOD, CLOTHING, or other necessities. The law makes a loophole that no retailer would touch.
Choosing a Big Mac is one of the last rights the little guy has. Oh, he can buy US Savings Bonds.
Everything else needs a custodian.
Oh yeah, I'm 21. But I remember.
Little guy, get emancipated ASAP.