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Re:Ask HN: Internships for a 13-year-old? by brudgers on Friday April 03, 2015 @02:38PM (#9317573)
[I am not a lawyer]

In the United States, Federal labor law limits the employment of children. The restrictions on employing people under age 14 are rather severe and would probably preclude any sort of internship:

http://www.youthrules.dol.gov/know-the-limits/under14.htm

This is probably the summer to work on side projects. Next year the rules allow a far wider range of employment opportunities:

http://www.youthrules.dol.gov/know-the-limits/14-15.htm

The fuller explanation is here:

http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs43.htm

Good luck.

Re:Ask HN: Internships for a 13-year-old? by lachlanjc on Friday April 03, 2015 @02:59PM (#9317706)
Thanks for that! I’ll be 14 by the time the internship could start, so it sounds like one could work out in regards to the law.