An Alabama eight-year-old had his sights set on Disney World and decided to open up a lemonade stand to assist him get there.
Nevertheless, he and his mother received a surprising call that added a wrench of their plans.
Cam and his mother Cristal Johnson were contacted by the Alabama Labor Department over a criticism that the lemonade stand violated child labor laws.
“Unnecessary to say, I used to be very shocked and saddened by the incontrovertible fact that anyone found fallacious in what I used to be attempting to do. I used to be attempting to do thing, give back to my community and to search out out that somebody insinuated that I used to be attempting to labor minors, that was…it was pretty sad,” Cristal said on “Fox & Friends First” Thursday.
Eight-year-old Cam said he began his lemonade stand as a approach to earn a living to go to Disney World.
“I attempted to ask my mom, ‘can I am going to the Disney World?’” Cam told host Todd Piro.
After Cam began his lemonade stand, his mother Cristal put up a flyer encouraging other kids to take up a “one-day apprenticeship” on the stand to learn the worth of exertions and money.
The flyer said Cristal and Cam were seeking to have two kids joins as a “smiler” and “greeter.”
“I used to be attempting to teach them exactly what I’m attempting to teach my son, just how one can handle money. Customer support skills. Teach the little boys how one can shake hands accurately. And just little things like that. That’s all I used to be trying to perform,” Cristal said.
Cristal received a call from the state Labor Department after a criticism was filed against the stand for violating child labor laws.
Cam said he “got sad” after learning in regards to the pushback over his lemonade stand.
The Alabama mother said while she doesn’t know who reported her flyer or son’s lemonade stand, she is attempting to stay positive.
“The very first thing that involves mind is who could dislike us that much to go that far? And I just do not know. But I’m sure that whomever did it’s pretty regretful right about now.”
“Thanks,” Cristal said, in a message to whoever complained. “Due to that person, it had the other effect of what they were attempting to do. It propelled us even quicker in our endeavor. So I don’t harbor any in poor health will. I thank them and I hope they’ve some remorse themselves for doing what they did.”
