The Negative Effects Of Child Labor

Child labor is a widespread epidemic across the world, more so in developing countries. Child labor is defined as work done by a child under the age of 15, which hinders or damages their physical, emotional, or intellectual growth. Recent Researchers have found, “Child labor is as old as the latest settlements in the Indus Valley thousands of years ago” (Bahree). Instead of being in school growing intellectually, it is estimated that 250 million children worldwide are working to makes ends meet. Whether it be for their family’s sake or because they are being forced to work in fear of abuse, there is no excuse to place children in the workforce. Many sources show similar patterns in research when it comes to child labor, but few have solutions to the widespread problem children all over the world are facing.

Children are being robbed of their childhood by corporations, that do not care about them. These corporations turn a blind eye towards the dissatisfying life, that is led by these children. They do not care about the children's education or the manner in which they grow up, and they expose them to harsh physical labor and unsatisfactory pay. These children are robbed of the years in which they should lead a normal child's life, and they don't get to truly enjoy being a child. These children are exposed to unhealthy situations to both the body and the mind,situations that a child should not be involved in. They are often unable to pursue proper academic studies, because of their jobs, and this could be because they aren't allowed to study, or simply that the lifestyle they lead doesn't allow them to study. On the other hand, children working at a younger age helps them shape an appreciation for hard work, and they learn to value money and time. Working at an early age also helps shape the economy of the third world countries that these children work

The practice of Child Labor in America in the early 1900s had a devastating impact on generations of children. This mainly impacted children of poor and disadvantaged families; these families tended to suffer from generations of debt or were new immigrants to America. These children worked long hours which they did not get paid nearly enough for. They worked hard, dangerous jobs daily. In the 1900s, children chose to support their families in times of need rather than furthering their education, for which they did not get paid nearly enough. These jobs affected their health poorly and had a negative impact on their childhood and development. Children of poor families in cities suffered the most during the Industrial Revolution, because they had to work long hours, did hard jobs, and often sacrificed their health and education to support their struggling families.

During Industrialization in America, children were working and being mistreated, adults were suffering as well. Industrialization happened in the late 1800’s when people no longer wanted to work in farms and decided to move to the city. Factories and mines needed workers but they would pay them very little. Children were working instead of going to school and getting an education. This only benefited the bosses of factories and railroads because they were the ones making the most money. While the workers were struggling to be healthy and earn at least 2 dollars a day. Children were in danger of getting their arm or leg seriously injured.The impacts of Industrialization on workers was mostly negative because they were allowing workers to work in dangerous areas for long hours and their health was being affected negatively. The response for these two topics did not improve as the years passed. On the other hand, child labor was also an impact which its response did improve.

It is hard to imagine that in 2009 that child labor still exists. However, it is true that children all over the world are waking up and going to work instead of going to school. As the gap between the rich and poor grows, more children will be forced to give up school for work. Is there an answer to this problem that will lead to the elimination of the dilemma? Has the practice been in place for so long that it has become so accepted that the there is no viable solution? Is it possible to protect the children of the world by speaking up for those who are unable to speak for themselves?

abandonment or death of a parent are some reasons why there is child labor. Child labor is a children who helps augment family income, however if the child’s education and recreation activities doesn’t interfere they can work. Plenty of children are forced to work under inhuman condition and were subjected to physical, sexual and mental abuse. Children working in factories, mining and services are example of these. According to International Labor Organization (2013)(Web site) about 265 million children aged 5-17 or 17% of the global population of children are engaged in child labor.

The employment of a child is most often very dangerous. Not only do children get diseases and illnesses, while working many children get a drug addiction. Kids get addicted to drugs because they are either forced or think that it will make their lives easier. In some opinions this can be true because their lives are so bad they want to kill themselves which drugs can do. Some children are kidnapped into child laborers and kept as a slave. Lots of parents send their children off to work everyday for extra money. While this happens the place/person may kidnap them and keep them as slaves. When children walk by themselves they also get kidnapped and forced into labor or may get killed for money. Many children are dying from working. “22,000 children a year die from labor.”There are many, many causes from this such

One reason why there is child labor is because of poverty. Some families need money to support their family so they're so desperate to get money they send their children to work. At a job site www.laborrights.org said children make about six cents an hour. When the children are done working www.un.org said they are forced to beg on the streets all alone. After their day of begging and working they must return back the next day and do it all over again. So you might be thinking, “so what?”, poverty is a thing that is holding the children back from having a normal life. The kids have to pay for their freedom which would be hard for the payment they get.

Child labor is a big debate that many people argue about, should children be working under age or not ? Children should be working at a young age. some children feel that they have to get it on they own they need extra money or their parents feel the same way. I agree child labor can be both good and bad , bad because children were missing days from school and really need education. But they have to have money to survive. Although opponents claim child labor should be stopped, child labor should not be stopped because some people have children they have children at a young age that they have to provide for,children have poor families so they have to get money on their own, lastly majority of the youth can't depend on their parents at a financial state.

“Conflict, internal displacement, unemployment, poverty, disease, the prohibitive cost of education, and myriad other factors have all contributed to the growing number of children living and working on the streets in the DRC,” (“What Future?”) according to the Human Rights Watch. Of the above reasons, poverty is the greatest force in child labor. (“What Future?”) Families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are poor and the income from a child’s work may be crucial for both the child and the family’s survival. “Artisanal mining became a source of livelihood for many people when the largest state owned mining company collapsed in the 1990’s. It grew further during the Second Congo War, when President Laurent Kabila encouraged people to dig for themselves as the government could not revive industrial mining.” (“Democratic Republic of Congo: ‘This Is What We Die for’”)

    “We Only Ask for Justice” reads a sign designed by protesters of the 1903 march for workers’ rights (Pinkerton Josephson). Mother Jones organized a march to the President in order to fight against the injustice of child labor. Nelson Mandela walked the long road in hopes of finding freedom for all, and Melba Pattillo Beals worked alongside eight others to help integrate Little Rock’s Central High School, strengthening her inner warrior. These three individuals devoted their lives to causes that are imperative, and although they all had their separate fashions of standing up, they all were fighting for the same cause: human rights.

As Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” Three activists took this to heart and fought for what they believed in. Mother Jones advocated against child labour, Cesar Chavez was a proponent for migrant workers, and Malala is currently campaigning for women’s rights. The three activists enacted change in different ways, but all had common goal: providing everyone an equal opportunity to success and equal right to dignity.

America might’ve seemed like an amazing, and put together place in the 1900s with industrialization making the country grow. But when you take a closer look at the underside of America at the time you’d see how many huge problems there really are in this growing country. If I had a million dollars to devote to the most pressing issues I would put it toward deforestation, child labor, and health and food safety.

There has been a significant growth in competition in today’s marketplace, where companies are offered with a range of ethical problems such as the practice of child labour. The conditions the children work in are highly unethical and dangerous. They are not provided with basic necessities like education, leisure and in most instances health in their youth. Global standards are often altered, with opposing opinions on the role of children in the society. There are principles that are required to be adopted. (Kolk & Van Tulder, 2002). Therefore child labour does not comply with the Global business standard codex principles such as the fairness principle, the transparency principle, and the responsiveness principle.

Child Labour is a plague to society and the future of humanity if this continues. Child Labour negatively impacts the future in various ways. The first being that it increases the rate of poverty because children do not get paid significantly less, adults lose their jobs to children and the children because children are easier to manipulate do not get the knowledge they need to attain better lifestyles. The second reason it regresses the growth of society by having child labourers grow up without the knowledge they need, Their ignorance of their rights and the growth of their families. Finally, child labour negatively impacts society because of the effects on children themselves. Hurting them physically, psychologically and depriving them