Maryrrf, ("...that's what drugs like speed or cocaine do...") -- Come to think of it, that's what alcohol does (not only makes the drinker feel more confident but makes everyone else look good, too!)

Fred, yeah, we could do a whole nuther coupla three threads on the concepts of childhood & adolescence, child labor laws, etc. [a subset of my area of specialization in a former life], but Ye Olde Mudcat Café is supposed to be dedicated to folk music and blues, so out of respect for Max I'll forego doing that.

Just to bring this thread back to the folk music/blues realm, here's an extra verse I made up to sing to "Skillet Good And Greasy":

Well, I'm goin' down town,
Gonna buy me a sack of candy,
Bring it home to Sandy,
Keep 'im good, plump, and squeezy all the time, time, time,
Good, plump, and squeezy,
Good, plump, and squeezy,
Good and plump and squeezy all the time.
 

Genie