[Androsynth]

So your ok with them selling open containers of hand made lemonade but you think someone might get salmonella from selling bottled soft drinks?

One of the highest articles on HN right now is about a guy who ran a soda machine as a kid. I think most HN'ers would be fine if they made $1000/day, even if it was just a front for their parents. That's the kind of old fashioned entrepreneurialism that the average child will never even come close to experiencing; and they will be worse off for it.

[derfclausen]

No, I didn't say I thought that. I was just spouting off a few random questions that come into play when you let the concept of a child's random lemonade stand scale up to something you'd consider a "real business".

In that other story, a kid's dad rented a soda machine and let the kid manage it. Presumably it complied with any applicable local laws regarding vending machine ownership, permits, taxes, safety, etc.

I'm all for kids learning entrepreneurship. I think the term 'Lemonade Stand' is loaded, at least for me, as it implies some innocent kind of hardly-profitable but fun thing for some kids to do once in a while. I think it would be great for some kids to see it grow and become mindful of business finances... but at that point, the line gets blurry for me.