Child Labor Is A Global Concern

When their work do not affect their “health and personal development or interfere with their schooling,” they do not fit the negative notion of child labor (ILO, 1996). Children sometimes assist their parents with housework and take a part in building family businesses without their working hours affecting primary education. This is indeed a beneficial experience for children, because they learn to be productive within their communities. On the other hand, ILO (1996) applies the term child labor when work “is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to children; and interferes with their schooling by; depriving them of the opportunity to attend school; obliging them to leave school prematurely; or requiring them to attempt to combine school attendance with excessively long and heavy work.” When child labor is engaged in enslavement, separation from families, and misplacement of children on the streets, ILO experts refer to it as the most extreme forms of child

Child labor is a serious problem that affects children from third-world countries all over the world. These children are exploited by multinational corporations ,for their cheap labor all over the world. People, then buy products that come at a cheaper price, from these multinational corporations.These children are often overworked and treated unfairly. People need to stop buying items from countries that endorse child labor.

Child labour is a very real problem in the world today, and although it is declining, progress is happening at a slow and unequal pace. Child labour by the International Labour Organization is defined as “work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development (Diallo, Etienne, & Mehran, 2013, p. 2).” In the most extreme forms of child labour it could account for child enslavement, separation from their families, exposure to serious hazards and illnesses and being left to fend for themselves on the streets (Dinopoulos & Zhao, 2007). In order for certain types of work to be included as “child labour” depends on the child’s age, the type of work,

“The International Labor Organization estimates that at least 250 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 are working, mostly in the developing world.” Many Americans view child labor as wrong or dangerous, but they do not realize how essential child labor can be in developing countries. In the article “Regulated Child Labor Is Necessary in Developing Countries,” by John Tierney, a current author for the New York Times, focuses on child labor and why it is essential in some developing countries. Tierney creates a sympathetic tone for the readers to try and understand the struggles regarding child labor in developing countries.

Next, child labour is widespread in developing countries. According to International Labour Organization (ILO), at least 211 million children were working around the world and mostly in developing countries, with over 8 million engage in hazardous and exploitative forms of child labour in year 2001. Child labour is those below the legal working age or supposed to be in school. Thus, a child’s working reduces his or her

Child labor is historically defined as “work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development” (Hansan, 2013). Legally, to be considered child labor, work must involve at least one of the following characteristics:

Child labor is severely harmful to the children working. The definition of child labor is work done by a child (under 18 years old) that is harmful to the child’s health and development and probably interferes with their

Child Labor is not an isolated problem. The phenomenon of child labor is an effect of economic discrimination. In different parts of the world, at different stages of histories, laboring of child has been a part of economic life. More than 200 million children worldwide, some are as young as 4 and 5

Children are the outcome of two people’s love, and should be loved with the same burning love the parents have for eachother. Although labor through children has been seen in human history for years, spiking and shrinking through different time periods. Child labor risks are now rising across the world, especially in supply chain countries, according to a report from Maplecroft. This topic did not used to be of much controversy, as it was the norm. In the U.S today, child labor is rarely present, but in other countries it is much more prevalent than we think. Although there is probably not an immediate solution to this problem, people can make small changes in their daily lives to eventually fix this problem once and for all.

“Child labor usually means work that is done by children under the age of 15 (14 in some developing countries) that restricts or damages a child's physical, emotional, social and/or spiritual growth.”1

In this document of child labor it's explained what the meaning of child labor is, why it exists, also why it is so widespread in poor countries. There are also examples of children working in deplorable conditions. This document also discusses the reason why parents send or allow their children to work in an environment as a result it finally mentions the possible solutions to end child labor.

Child Labor by definition is employment in which harms children, deprives of their childhood and youth, interferes in their ability to gain a proper education, harmful, morally dangerous and has mental and physical ramifications. Many American’s called child labor “child slavery”, not only did it deprive children of an education but it also robbed them of a proper education and condemned them to illiteracy in their future.

Child labour is one of the many things that is happening today in our world. A child does many different types of work and activities in their daily life, within factories in different countries. According to the Fresh Quotes “You have the power to create a better future. Treat children well.” This quote shows how some people are against this issue. It makes people think how different children life are across the world. The reasons behind this are children being involved in child labor are suffering from unsafe work conditions, the lack of education, and a loss of their childhood. Others might be poverty, illiteracy, ignorance,and poor legal system. These are countless cause why child labour is an international issue that might promote the business of ruthless business investors, however it destroys the future of children. Therefore child labour should be stopped.

There are studies that prove that child labour is the cause of many dangers and hazards. Some of the consequences of child labour are as follows:

Child labor is not new to North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, basically every part of the world inhabited by people (Herumin 10). Child labor is not something people noticed until the rise of the industrial revolution, where new advancements in manufacturing increased the demand for workers, mainly children because of their ability to reach in small spaces (Herumin 20). Child labor involves children under the age of 18 who work in terrible, dangerous conditions for long hours with little to no pay (Herumin 10). These conditions leave scars, physical and psychological ones including deadly diseases and injuries, loneliness, isolation, IQ reduction and more (WHO). The effects are infinite, endless. Many of the reasons why child labor is still a problem today is because of poverty, lack of education, overpopulation, and lack of awareness - factors India is greatly displaying (Bolla). Bolla also explains that child labor continues to be a problem in India because of its previous use of a caste system. Most people weren’t rich, so the majority of children had to work to help the family survive instead of going to school and learning how to read and write (Bolla).