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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Don't want to be pedantic but you don't "own" children, you are parent.

[–] Its_not_Dave 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you legally make them work for you for free?

[–] teuniac_ 1 points 1 year ago

As long as the work can reasonably be referred to as "helping out their parent" and you're not getting paid for it, yup. No problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

OP is probably not a native English speaker and didn't mean for it to sound this way

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Thx, I don't like this kind of view, too.

There is a quote in my native language: "Kids are only borrowed."