To let the kids setup a lemonade stand?

My kids used to do this, it was great fun, and I let them keep the money. They sold avocados and stuff from thier Uncles farm, sometimes old toys and books. We met a lot of neighbours this way! Let them play shops, why not?

My little girl and her friends do this and all the neighbours come out and buy their wee glasses of juice or sweets. I think it’s lovely

Let them do it. Don’t just say no because you can. This is really one of those times where you pick your battles. Don’t understand why they have to give money to charity. Do you give your wages to charity? Let them have a bit of fun, they will have lovely memories

I would totally buy stuff from kids' pop-up shops. It's great to encourage an entrepreneurial spirit!

Now this thread's here and it's a long weekend, I'll make sure I've got some coins in case you've inspired a family round my way 🙂

Yes, God forbid any wholesome fun should sneak its way across the Atlantic and cause the stiff upper lip to (I can barely type this horrible word...) smile.

...shudder...

Eyeroll...

Oy vey....

Yes it is kids making lemonade from a mix.

It's not about the quality of the lemonade.

I'm in the US and kids do it in my area all summer long. People out walking sometimes leave a few coins even if they don't want anything to drink.

Aww do it . yep it's American but that doesn't mean it's bad. All kids should experience the joy of setting up a lemonade stand (and be allowed to keep the money). I can walk down any Street in my neighborhood in the spring summer and there will be kids with a lemonade stand. Usually 50c a cup and if you're lucky they'll have rice crispy treats and cookies too.

I adored doing this. Me and my friends spent all day out front selling bags of apples from my garden for 50p. Kept us quiet for hours.

The kids across the road did this last summer, even a policeman stopped and got himself a lemonade the kids were giddy with excitement. They sold out if I remember correctly so I suppose it depends on where you are but I don't see any harm in it.

A local child was selling chocolate cake from a trestle table in front of their house. After a concerned neighbour purchased a slice, analysis revealed it to contain less than the EU mandated 20% cocoa solids, therefore it should have been called "chocolate flavour cake". The authorities were duly informed and the offending child hauled off to jail, and rightfully so.

Doesn’t sound terribly hygienic

@LifeIsAMeatball I would absolutely stop for a ginger beer stall ! We used to make it as kids and still remains my favourite hot day drink ever (although I may top it up with a wee dram of something on occasion 😉)
Lemonade made in UK ? With real lemons ? And the rest....wouldn't it be more expensive than you/kids could sell it for ?

Really need a laugh reaction on here 🤣

A food business is very different to a couple of primary school kids selling lemonade on the street. You know this.

Yes it is and it's one of my all time favorite childhood experiences for my kids growing up as British American kids, along with Halloween. They once raised over $2000 for a local family who had lost everything in a house fire (also very American) selling lemonade, homemade cakes and bad coffee (I know it was bad coffee as I made it and I don't drink coffee). And their memory of that is nothing to do with how much money they raised but all about how much fun they had, how many people they talked to and how many times they managed to upsell the bad lemonade/coffee.

Let them do it, OP and fire up that entrepreneurial spirt!

Wow!!! Just wow!!! Happy to be a killjoy if it prevents children from potential severe illness or prevents a similar horrific situation which close friends were in when their then 3 year old daughter had an anaphylactic reaction due to negligence on the part of a food business which has left her with severe brain damage and lifelong disability.

So damn right I’m happy to be a killjoy joy!

They absolutely do not have to if it is sporadic and on private land. They can sell from their front garden.

In reality, no one is fining kids for selling lemonade on the pavement in front of their house. Rare occasions of this get bad press and councils don’t want that. Communities speak up when this has happened in the past, and rightly so.

It takes two minutes to find out that this is not necessary. OP can get them to sell from the front garden if she’s worried. Previous instances of heavy handed councils sending fines to kids have been cancelled due to community backlash (because it’s ridiculous and any sensible person knows it’s ridiculous). Thankfully over many years of teaching kids I’ve seen lots of them coming up with their own little pocket money schemes and none of them fell foul of local miseries like yourself.

In the vast majority of cases a council will turn a blind eye to children selling lemonade in their neighbourhood. You know this. Everyone knows this.

OP keep it to your front garden if you’ve a fear of busybody killjoys like @todayImstruggling calling the council to report your kids.

edited apologies @LifeIsAMeatball, quoted the wrong post

Anyone who is selling or handling food / drink for sale is required to have one

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/food-business-registration#who-needs-to-register

You are making up rules and applying legislation that doesn’t exist/apply here though

No they don’t. I am guessing you are not an environmental health officer or have ever spoken to one

Nothing wrong with them starting a business. But they need to learn how to do things properly. That includes learning about the rules and how to navigate them. There are plenty of business ideas that kids can get involved in without the strict rules that are necessary for food hygiene.

Yeah like I say, get them indoors on screens. They’re showing far too much personality and enterprise, and it really needs to be crushed out of them.