Child Labour for Fun
A theme park in Florida provides particular enjoyment for children: work for pay.

Wannado City is a theme park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where children between 3 to 13 learn what it means to be a grown-up. They work. They earn money. They have fun. For an entire day, they become capitalists in a city scaled to their own size.
Aren, 5, opens a bank account in which he deposits 220 wongas, the official currency of Wannado. He earned it working as a baker, a nurse and a...
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  • Aren Pattoukia, 5, receives his gold card at the State Farm Bank of Wannado City, Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He´s just opened his bank account.
  • Andy Odsess, 4, is tired after working as an anchor for a make-believe version of CNN at Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.....
  • Children work as pediatric nurses at a scaled-downed version of the General Plantation Hospital of Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
  • Children who work as nurses take care of a premature baby at a scaled-downed version of the General Plantation Hospital of Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
  • Children are being trained as police officers at the police academy of Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.....
  • Monique, 9, is sitting in hair-and-makeup in the scaled down version of a CNN broadcasting studio at Wannado City a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
  • Andy Odsess, 4, holds the salary she got for working as an anchor for a make-believe version of CNN at Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
  • Children who worked as lawyers and law clerks at the courthouse of Wannado City are being paid their salary. Wannado City is a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
  • Adoption station at Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. After the children have been working as pediatric nurses at the hospital, they can adopt a child, meaning they can buy a doll.
  • Malcolm, 9, is stocking mustard, ketchup and peanut oil at a scaled-down version of Publix supermarket at Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. When he grows up, he wants to be a professional soccer player. If this does not work out, he'll be working in a supermarket.
  • Julietta, 8, and Donna, 8, are making their own jewelry at the jewelry store of Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Their grandparents are watching through the window because they are not allowed inside.....
  • Cody, 7, left, is polishing the nails of Rebecca, 6, at Glam Spot, the beauty salon of Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. In the back, Rebecca´s mother Melanie Armstrong is watching her daughter through a window. She is not allowed inside the beauty parlor.
  • Bianca Marquez, far right, is celebrating her 10th birthday at Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. They are performing a make-believe kidney operation.
  • Sydney, 8, works as TV meteorologist for a make-believe version of CNN at Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.....
  • Two children practice to be pilots at a flight simulator at Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
  • Children working as make-believe firefighters extinguish a fire in Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
  • A photograph of George W. Bush hangs in the courtroom of Wannado City. Here, children are encouraged to try out different professions. Three boys want to volunteer to be lawyers in a case about slander.
  • Abby, 4, Marisa, 9, Danielle, 9, Manuela, 3, wait to be trained pediatric nurses at General Plantation Hospital, a scaled-version of a real hospital at Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.....
  • Parents wait outside the courthouse of Wannado City, a real-play theme park for children in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Here, children are encouraged to try out different professions. Parents can only watch from a distance.
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