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How many poor children work?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Child Labor laws sensibly restrict the type of occupation, and the hours of employment, etc,. Statistics are hard to come by. There are such part-time occupations as News vendors, lemonade stands, etc. In rural areas there was a pressing need for short-term unskilled labor- frequently kids filled the bill-ior pail, or trailer, etc and laws were difficult to enforce. For some odd reason the Church fought Child-labor laws- and lobbied against the passage of the Child Labor amendment which almost became constitutional law. I can understand outfits like Burpee seeds ( who employed child- venders on Bicycles) and the newspapers, but why the Churchmen? Child labor almost inevitably leads to abuse- even in sporting circles, little league ball, etc.

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