 There's a debate going on on the asian internet should you make your asian child work at the family restaurant growing up or not? Let's talk about it. Yeah, let's run the clip from tiktok as well as some commentary If you ever see this happening, don't you dare call child protective services? You order the food immediately Don't hesitate. Don't wait. You look at that menu. Whatever you think look best You order because I guarantee you is going to be smash us And the only reason he's taking the order is because he speaks the best English out there out of anybody now peep the back Now what you need to take into account all asians working not one other ethnicity is out there And that is very important to me and that's a good thing to me. I don't you think that's a bad thing keep with your people I don't really care I know this food is about to hit because everybody know what they doing back there No matter what you order, bro It's gonna tell me that it's on the way and I'm guarantee you is going to hit chicken wings Smashing you'll be like, yeah, this is fried. How put in the dipping sauce, bro. Oh, man Yo, I'm telling you this is actually pretty old-school. This clip is hilarious. Actually the corresponding commentary was also hilarious What's going on here? The kids like 11? No, it's so funny to hear people always like oh man You know the Chinese food was gonna hit when you saw the little kid working at the front or the kids doing the homework Obviously, this is a meme, but it's also based in real life because there's still a lot of families Even Asian or not, but I think the Asian families or at least the immigrant families do this the most I mean, this is a hood Chinese takeout Yeah, but like it could be in like a rural area as well Anyway, we're gonna break it down for you guys make sure you like subscribe turn on your notifications Andrew, you know what would taste good on some Chinese takeout though Small sauce check it out still selling chefs and foodie alike really enjoy it I mean, I feel like I see this less nowadays, but I remember I went to a bodega in Alphabet city just like four years ago and there was a kid who was like 12 It was like a like a you know like a Middle Eastern kid. He was like selling me all the gum and everything Yeah, yeah, so it still happens from time to time It's not just the Asian thing but obviously the Asian kid at the Chinese restaurant is iconic iconic motif in Life I guess I guess David right off the bat when people are debating. Oh, this is you should this is like child labor Oh child services let the child be a child. What are you doing? You know, like that's the debate a lot of people are saying I get it that these Chinese restaurants are mom and pop Ran by one family. It's maybe it's the holiday season. They need help The kid is probably the best at English out of everybody. You're right. Yeah, it's probably the best at English But he is also a kid. Should we let them be kids? I mean, what's your opinion? I mean my general opinion is like that family's got to do whatever it takes to survive But in terms of the impact on the kid There was a lot of debate in the comments section because there was some restaurant kids who said it helped them But there was some restaurant kids who also said that it was ultimately a traumatizing experience So I mean the truth is Andrew the devil's in the details, right? It depends on what type of operation it is You know, what kind of systems they run what responsibilities is the kid given? What is the kid giving up? Like in terms of sacrifice to obviously contribute to the family Which is ultimately probably a good thing though, right? Because the family is usually immigrants. They're not highly educated That's why they run like a hood takeout. They got they got to stick together But yes for sure There's gonna be some pros and cons in terms of potential negative impacts on the kids psyche But it can also teach them a lot of discipline. I think it really depends on how much they have to work there I think if the kid like from my friends who had to help out that their parents businesses like on the weekends I think that's cool like expose them to math Addition subtraction doing the calculations like at a young age and things that are high stakes because it's the family's like fortune Yeah, yeah, keep it within the family. I understand that but yeah If you make them work their full time, especially like when they have other things they need to do for their development Let's say they want to do sports and you're like, no, you got to work at the restaurant for four hours after school It's like dang like it's kind of taking over their life and also you as a parent have to understand What am I going to teach my kid? What is my kid taking away? If we run a very messy kind of like dingy kitchen where like it's kind of a crazy like Hairbrain like kind of operation. Yeah, it's gonna be stressful on the kid But if you run like a good, you know, well ran well oiled machine that it's different, right? But you can also argue that if you want a really well oiled machine You probably wouldn't need your 10 year old kid to be the cashier to right I'm assuming this clip is actually during the holiday season or during a weekend Because there's no way like the kid is working there during the week. You know what I mean, right? I mean, I guess the one thought that I had was like man There's some people in 2023 that are almost having like a 1975 like 1985 Like like 30 years ago type upbringing. You know what I mean? Like it's still like you think that this is going away and all the kids are like chasing clout with the broccoli cuts You know trying to be Gen Z. But it's like no, we have a cousin Andrew who grew up in rural Pennsylvania And I feel like some of the things that he's saying or some of the you know what I mean? Like some of the things that I heard about his upbringing. They reminded me of almost like California in the 1980s Yeah, like I'm saying the different regions of the country are like so throwback You know what I mean? Yeah on that day. I mean it could be so different Anyway, let's get into the comments section somebody said the way he ripped that receipt was enough man He is bona fide. Of course other people saying little man is in the zone. Oh my goodness I literally had a kid get up from their coloring book and come take my order that low mean had to slap You know, it's funny because Andrew everybody's lauding this kid, right? Everybody's like yo man this kid putting in work But obviously nobody would actually put their kid through it or wish that they had his life, right? Yeah, or nobody wishes that like no one says like yo this kid is gonna be very successful or cool when he grows up I want to be his friend. They're just applauding that The kid is doing what he's told right? He is responsible enough. He probably isn't making a lot of errors He's probably not happy though, right? But you're right Maybe not not every moment of your life as a kid has to be happy. I don't think so right Andrew This got into a here this turned into a huge debate because when this got posted on jackfruit Andrew There was a restaurant kids some kids were saying yep childhood trauma programming right there He'll see it when he hits the middle age like the rest of us other people said bro What are you talking about? I started helping my mom out at the age of seven. I'm 35 now I'm absolutely proud of what I did and he said yeah You might be proud now, but watch when you get older you'll see that you are a people pleaser Acts of service you'll realize that basically you have like a lot of trauma from those days where you were like not allowed to develop your personality Organically and then of course other people saying oh, it's only traumatic for people who didn't make the most out of it And then of course basically there was just like a lot of arguing back and forth But isn't the truth Andrew that that guy could be right But the other person was saying that it was a great experience could also be right because they grew up in different families Yeah, and it just depends on what you took from it man. I and it's so variable You know, I had a friend whose parents owned a catering truck growing up And I remember he would tell me stories when we were like in high school or junior high of how he was helping out on the on the truck and I wanted to work on the truck with him. I said yo man like let me Volunteer like can you ask your mom so that I can work cuz I was like interested in food at the time and like cooking and and then He was like no trust me dude You don't want to do it and then he asked his mom and his mom was like, you know That's crazy have someone else's kid with us like even though Andrew's a good kid Like I don't want to be responsible for that. You know what I mean like that that was so I'm saying that I think I was gonna Learn something from that even though of course That was not my life that was his life not my life Yeah, the truth is it's gonna vary a lot on the restaurant, too Cuz if you take a look at like John M. Chew the famous director Andrew His parents own a famous restaurant in the Bay Area. That's like high-end and shout out to Larry Chew Yes, you know what I mean like you're gonna learn a lot from that system because you're from the clientele from the pings from the networking You see yeah because it's a nice restaurant and you're gonna meet nice clientele You're gonna meet successful people who eat there Yeah, like bankers or tech people or something like you you could learn something from them, too Somebody just said man. That was me at age nine and somebody said yep Basically, you know we this is like how Asians hustle and basically said this way I'm waiting for the child labor comments, but we Asian this is partially why Asian communities are so strong great work ethic And we learned early one thing we were gonna do for sure is hustle So ultimately I think a lot of people Andrew are proud of this in the sense that you don't really see I mean like this is the most if you had to guess any race or culture putting their kids to work like this I guess you would guess that it would be Asian, right? Yeah, it'd be a high-likeliness that it'd be Asian But I think all immigrant groups do this to some level if they run a business obviously Asians own a lot of businesses It's true very enterprising people if you look at stats the amount of businesses that are opened by Asian people is very high No, it is pretty tremendous. We are business owners. We own a business It is a culture that really loves like just enterprise Man they really love small business they love big business import export. I don't know man It's just Asians for some reason. It's very mercantile, you know, um, I Guess my short answer is I'm proud of this little kid. I do hope that he's not forced to do it Forever, you know what I mean, right? I hope that he has choices I think that helping out with your family a few times a week is great Obviously, you know, I didn't have to grow up doing it and our parents like didn't own like a really You know, I for example, like if it's a poorly ran restaurant, like that could be stressful on the kids So I understand that there is a situation where it is downside, right? It's negative And you know, so might not if and I I'm not saying anything about this restaurant in question But if the systems are bad, he's gonna learn to navigate a bad system Which is not necessarily the best thing to learn from me, right? You know what it is if he knows how to if he runs that you need to also expose him to better systems, too And I think that's the best way for people to learn is that they see both sides They see a messy system and they'll help out. That's the family you should sometimes it still gets the job done Yes, so get still turn, but hopefully he gets the opportunity to also expand his knowledge and help out at a Better ran system of some type even like a Panda Express. Yeah, no, honestly I mean Panda Express is our amazing systems like this be honest, you know, so I guess Overall if you're a parent just you know, your kids are there to help the family But within reason, you know, like they have other opportunities to but yeah help out shit I mean look at him. He's gonna he's gonna know addition so fast, right so fast for sure for sure I mean, I would say the only risk is like if the parents love enterprise so much that they don't let the kid really explore their studies Right, because obviously the studying is gonna allow him to step either into like higher level version versions of like scaling up Chinese food in the future or just entering just like high-paid. Yeah, we don't know the situation Maybe they were short staffed that day. Maybe a chef couldn't make it. They were super sick or whatever I mean, obviously you got like I think I saw like the it looks like an older sister in the background too Looks only like 14 years old. He looks about 11. They're 14. So just the whole family is hustling Hopefully that's not all day every day, right? But if this is just like during a busy time or a short staff time, it makes sense Yeah, anyway guys, let us know what you think in the comment section below It is a hilarious video. It's just like man Just the way the kid looks with the glasses and he's all like chubby and round stuff, man Exposure to dealing with customers and a small business early on is generally not bad But of course you just hope that these kids are getting their education and have options in life Anyway guys, let us know what you think in the comment section below until next time with the hot boys. We out. Peace