Police shut down lemonade and cookie stand

That's sad! Having a lemonade stand is all apart of being a kid. Now they can't even do that.. GRR. When I was a kid we used to be able to get paper routes when we were like 11. One of my friends had one, she covered like a 2 block radius. I don't remember how much she earned, but she got tips and everything. I helped her do it a few times just to hang out with her. It was decent for a kid that age to earn a little bit of extra cash. These days, kids don't do the paper routes anymore.. the adults do them. Adults with cars can cover more area, and adults want the extra cash. So sad how things have changed.

Sure it is not right. People talk about encouraging children to learn about business and about money and when they do, complain that it is hurting local businesses. And I bet the permit cost a fortune and would take all of the profits of this lemonade stand. Bureaucracy in action. What do they want the parents to do? Sell the house and move somewhere else where the girls can sell lemonade without any problem? Say is there not an age limit that those under a certain age can sell lemonade at maybe a token $1 permit. Then they would have the letter of the law without punishing these girls get up and go.

I think this stinks. It might be called harrassment. Either the police have too much time on their hands, or they are on an ego trip we cannot even understand. Next thing, they will throw those kids in jail for a night or two.

That is just ridiculous. Poor kids were probably heart broken about it.

Awwh I am sure the girls were very disappointed as I read that tears were shed. I see where it says "It's certainly not that Appleton is against little girls setting up their cookie and lemonade stands. But the overall intent of the ordinance was to protect the vendors at these events,” So yes the vendors absolutely said something as they felt they would perhaps loose out on business. Is it fair, not morally but legally they did have the right. I do think back and say wow a few dollars for the kids why not, better then they sit all day in front of computer games. But unfortunately the police did have the right and sad though as now I also hear that in some states the kids are responsible to claim taxes for such sales. Oh my...

It is the law. It is stupid but lawful.

Personally that is the problem these days, is that almost everything you do you need a permit for, and a license and this is leaving kids out from having the choice of Fun to earn some extra $$ doing something. It is a shame that they are not wanting kids anymore to earn anything and have heard many cases of things like this happening even around here. Just makes you wonder anymore if the people being this way were treated like this when they were younger?

i can see my town doing that.they're been known to threaten adults about vendor licences if they don't see a child present at the booth.

It seems ridiculous that kids can't set up a lemonade stand in their yard. I would really protest the fact that they did that and it sounds like some of the people who passed the ordinance didn't realize it would affect the kids. Hopefully that will change next year so they can sell their lemonade. At least some of the customers left the kids tips. Thanks for sharing this!