Can child labor laws be violated when the ones putting in the requests are the parents? [ asking for a friend. ]

It's possible. The worst part is that it makes sense and it's a strategy that could probably work. The leaders have been here for some months already, and if it's only been the eight of them I can see why they need the extra help. What I don't see is why they waited so long, and why us. Nobody's been able to answer that part for me either. It's not like everyone here has had experience with this kind of thing before.