Child Labor

It is up to the parents. In our modern world though, grounding might not be as effective as it was 50 years ago due to cell phones and the Internet making it possible to stay in touch with your friends.

After the poor treatment of children when they could get a job president Franklin D. Rosevelt put an end to it with the child labor laws.

it affefts them becausee they are not gettin to see there family and friends although they earn some money for their famiy there noot gettin to keepe any of the money for them selfs

by testbourne student

Yes. Children tend to be taken advantage of because they will work for lower wages. Also, allowing children to join the workforce encourages them to leave school and sacrifice their education. Society is better served by a workforce with a higher level of education.

i don't think there is a proper way to stop child labour, for if people keep on purchasing goods made by children in child labour, more money will come in and child labour has no way of being stopped. This may sound strange, but the only way to stop child labour is to stop buying goods from countries where child labour is a hazzard...

There's other ways as well such as to create a website for other ppl 2 c around the world that there's many children dying around the world and we as well can support anti slavery organizations such as UNICEF

answer by:Mun Soo

Is it really important to legalize CHILD LABOUR ? YES :)

It all depends on your age, state, and company. I work at DQ and I'm 17, and I usually leave work at 10:45p.m.

Child labour was improving but it was still bad. Children still had to work for up to 7 hours and the conditions in the factories were hot, stuffy and cramped. Many accident still happened and punishments on children were still used. For more info go to.....www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk (its realy good)

Child labor is wrong and dangerous. Children should be in school getting an education to better prepare them for when they are ready to have a job. They should also be enjoying their childhood.

The current Child Labor Laws in the United States were enacted by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1938.

US presidents do not enact laws, they merely "see that the laws are faithfully executed". Congress and state legislatures enact laws.

Officially there are few countries that would openly admit to having child slavery, however this does not mean that it does not exist. It is well known that in India and surrounding countries, children as young as three years old are sold by their parents for debts and these children work in brick and carpet factories. Illegally child slavery exists in most countries where young girls and boys are kidnapped or abducted and are used in the sex business. Other countries where children are used as slaves are Brazil, Argentina, and countries in South America and also in many African countries. In Thailand there are many sex outlets that employ children. In the middle east, young boys are used as slaves for camel racing. This is a problem that needs to be addressed at all levels, from governments of the world to the man in the street - for example one easy method to counter child slavery is that one should not purchase an item that was made by children in a slave environment.

It is said that these countries have slavery:

Brazil

Cote d'Ivoire

Mali

Mauritania

Niger

Sudan

It is said that in these countries slaves play a key role in cultivating cash crops. However, various forms of human trafficking and debt bondage are found in many other countries, too.

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Yes, it actually has been reported that both Nike and Adidas with other big and well known companies actually use child labour to of course earn more money, with the kids earning only a little bit of money. They have both admitted to the scheme but say it will be hard to stop.

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The Social Gospel

around 22,000 children die from accidents related to their work.

The children were used to remove lint from the spinning machines because they were small, but the machines weren't turned off while the children were under them, so they could make a mistake and end up dying.

One would have to, as with the antitrust laws, distinguishe between harmless or even beneficial forms of Child labor- such as farm products like Burpee seeds, sold by Bicycle Borne vendors- Newspaper vendors, some types of juvenile jobs involving candy counters or ice-cream parlors- harmless and hazardous tasks such as factories, mills, areas involving power tools, garages, and so on. I think Miss Addams would have seen certain types of juvenile jobs in fact beneficial and educational- like shop classes in the schools leading up to craftspeople. but one would have to distinguish between harmless newstands and ice cream parlors, and hazardous labor conditions- which she ardently opposed- adults as well as juveniles.

Answer------>It started in the and is still going on today in many countries. When people say child labor started at the dawn of men, they are talking about labor as in giving birth. (That's a different story because women need sperm to fertilize their egg which is in the uterus which is located above the vagina, but only idiots wouldn't know that. after the egg is fertilized then a baby starts to growand BTW only men have sperm that's why women need them.) <-------that is off topic and has nothing to do with the question

The question should be why is there child labour, as it still exists today. Some causes of child exploitation are (but not limited to) poverty, lack of education, and bottom feeding. POVERTY - Poverty is the main reason for child labour. Poor families need money to survive and thus need to have as many family members working as possible. This means that their children also have to work as they bring in an additional source of income. Also sometimes in extreme situations parents would sell their kids to rich people as domestic workers for money. LACK OF EDUCATION - The lack of education is a very big issue in developing countries. Because most of the children are uneducated, they do not know their rights or the laws that may help/benefit them. As a result they end up being abused (receive cruel and intolerable treatments) or used (underpaid, forced to work even though they are under-aged). BOTTOM FEEDING - Bottom feeding is when big corporations take advantage of the poverty stricken and make a profit for their company. In this world of consumerism, most, if not all, companies want to maximize profit and they do this by increasing sales or reducing production cost. To increase sales, one main factor that they could change is the cost, if the cost is reduced more people will be able to buy it and thus they will make more sales. But how would they reduce the cost? To reduce the cost of the good, and not reduce their profit, they would think of a way to reduce the production cost, and this is where child labour comes into play. By employing children, they could reduce production cost, as employing children would cost less than employing adults.

This is not legal advice and should not be relied upon as such. Consult the specific laws for the state and county in which you reside for the rules that apply. In most states, any 18 year old is considered an adult and is capable of deciding when and where they reside. They have the ability to contract for housing. SOME states allow minors to become emancipated under specific circumstances, but this is not just a matter of filling out some paperwork. A minor is the responsibility of their parents until such time as they reach the age of majority or are legally emancipated. The parents are required to provide for the support of their minor children. If the parents give permission, the minor can live in another location. Such permission does not relieve the parents of the responsibility to provide support. If the parents do not give permission, the minor can be considered a runaway. Charges may apply to individuals that aid and abet such runaways, particularly if they are under the age of consent. In some states it is my understanding that this is not enforced for 17 year olds that leave home. If you are subject to abuse, you should contact social services for your area. They will assist you in getting out of the bad environment and into a safe place.

Many parents were unwilling to allow their children to work in these new textile factories. To overcome this labour shortage factory owners had to find other ways of obtaining workers. One solution to the problem was to buy children from orphanages and workhouses. The children became known as pauper apprentices. This involved the children signing contracts that virtually made them the property of the factory owner.

Child labor is a much more difficult situation than we think in our western culture. On one hand, we condemn it socially, on the other hand we promote it with our incessant commercialism. It is quite the paradox. There are other cultures in the world, primarily third world countries which accept this as the people are so poor, children need to work to help support their families. Stopping this practice may do more harm than good for these poor families unfortunately. If we do wish to stop this practice, the only way to truly stop this is stop buying stuff which is made by child labor, but that is hard to do, as we have to investigate every product and determine from where and from whom it is manufactured. This is no easy task but there are organizations who do watchdog this practice, but even they can't determine every company and it's labor practices. Another thing we could do is to push for better conditions in poor countries for workers and better wages, so that their children don't have to work! I wrote more on this topic at the related links I have added. Peace and god bless my friends and Happy New Year!

Early child labor laws were unsuccessful because it did not stop the employer from hiring children. The laws only required that the employer give the children some type of schooling.

Pros.

child labor is good if you are willing to put that job on your resume and getting paid and it also shows how to do certain things and it gives you independence .

Cons.

child labor is a negative thing to be doing because there are many problems with child labor may of which we touched on previously through out the years. the employment of child laborers is negative in many cases also very dangerous. many children are forced to do unnecessary jobs such as assembling boxes , polishing shoes , stocking stores shelves or cleaning. employing children below the age of 14yrs old is a crime with a fine. employing children is considered as a sin