Kids in occupations

The 3rd world countries have it right.  The kids aren't doing enough.  It's about time they stop listening to their ipods, or talking back to their parents - and started giving back...or at least earning their keep.  The most recent illustrations I've done for the microstock sites I'm affiliated with (Shutterstock, Istockphoto, Dreamstime, and Fotolia) deals with this problem by putting kids in jobs where they're needed and definitely qualified.  It doesn't take much learning to be a police officer or a doctor and it's terribly easy work...so why can't kids do the job?  Bring home a paycheck for mommy and daddy...that's a good kid.