I wasn't attempting to create that conflation in my post, if you read that, I wasn't clear enough.

I personally think it's fine for children to work on their family's business as long as it doesn't impact their schooling or normal childhood activities. It is a fine line to walk, I don't believe I missed out on anything like after school activities, but that was largely because there aren't too many of those opportunities deep in the mountains in Kentucky. I say it's a fine line, because it's easy to see a scenario where children are put to work in, say a family restaurant, and prevented from doing after school activities like sports or clubs, and miss out on part of the well rounding of an education.

I certainly don't support children working for third parties that then profit off of their labor. In those cases, there is no way to align the incentives to protect the child.