Cam and his mother Cristal Johnson were contacted by the Alabama Labor Department over a complaint that the lemonade stand violated child labor laws.
“Needless to say, I was very shocked and saddened by the fact that anyone found wrong in what I was trying to do. I was trying to do a good thing, give back to my community and to find out that someone insinuated that I was trying to labor minors, that was…it was pretty sad,” Cristal said on “Fox & Friends First” Thursday. “I tried to ask my mom, ‘can I go to the Disney World?’” Cam told host Todd Piro.
Cam’s mother Cristal Johnson put out a flier seeking other kids who wanted to participate in a one-day apprenticeship as a “smiler” or “greeter.”Cristal received a call from the state Labor Department after a complaint was filed against the stand for violating child labor laws. The Alabama mother said while she does not know who reported her flyer or son’s lemonade stand, she is trying to stay positive.
“Thank you,” Cristal said, in a message to whoever complained. “Because of that person, it had the opposite effect of what they were trying to do. It propelled us even quicker in our endeavor. So I don’t harbor any ill will. I thank them and I hope they have some remorse themselves for doing what they did.”
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