Did you know that 152 million children are victims of child labor and over 70 million of them are working in dangerous and hazardous conditions? Child labor may not be something you have witnessed as it is most common in poorer countries like Pakistan, Burma, and Bangladesh. 88 million boys and 64 million girls are put through child labor work. Though it seems that boys have more work, girls are most likely to have more work as they are put to work in private households and are responsible for household chores and Housework. Children who are victims of child labor only make 10-20% of what an adult would make at the same job. I strongly feel that child labor has many more negatives than positives.
Though children work, they don’t earn much money and in addition, have to work in dangerous conditions. Child labor is a major problem that takes away education opportunities for kids and puts them at risk because of hazardous work areas and it must be stopped immediately. Today, I’ll be talking to you about child labor and why it must be stopped.
Save your time!
We can take care of your essay
- Proper editing and formatting
- Free revision, title page, and bibliography
- Flexible prices and money-back guarantee
Continuing with how child labor takes away education opportunities, there is a strong negative impact on school attendance resulting because of child labor. The school attendance rate of a working kid is almost half the school attendance rate of non-working kids, this is, of course, caused because kids can’t always come to school since they have to work throughout the day. Child labor victims that manage to balance school and work don’t end up doing well in school or getting the proper education that is needed for themselves since half of their focus is on their work/jobs. Kids at young ages need their entire focus to be on school because it will help them in later years of education, if they don’t end up getting the proper education they need they won’t have many opportunities left for them for their future. They will also not be able to get proper jobs and will probably end up in poverty. I realize that most of us do not like coming to school every day since we get stressed out from all the work and find it boring, but I don’t think any of us here would want to end up without any opportunities for our future and have to live in poverty. The lack of education opportunities for children who are victims of child labor is a very big problem but another problem is that these kids have to work in dangerous/hazardous conditions that risk their health.
As I have mentioned that there are more negatives than positives of child labor another negativity adding to the lack of education is that kids are required to work in bad working conditions. According to ilo.org, kids are put at risk of being injured and in the worst case being killed because of working conditions. Health issues can also occur during the adulthood of kids who were victims of child labor during their childhood years, and according to humanium.org, it is also possible for children who are victims of child labor to become victims of human trafficking as well. though it seems that this is not a big deal and that injuries and death can happen anytime and anywhere to anyone at all, imagine being at the risk of being injured and at worse being killed and having no protection over yourself whatsoever. No one will be held accountable for your protection and no one will be held accountable for your injuries or death. So let me ask you is it right to support child labor? Shouldn’t we help to stop it?
Though it seems obvious enough to be anti-child labor trust me there are child labour supporters, for example, Alex Tokarev is a teacher at Northwood University and mentions on the website world.Wng.org “ most parents in central America South Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa is as poor as Americans were during the Civil War and most of them make the same hard choice, find jobs for their children or starve the family, do you love the children more than their parents love them?” as you can see Alex is trying to persuade people into thinking that child labor is good for families who are in poverty and can get money and food for those who are less fortunate. Though he and many others may think that, are correct to an extent because they will be earning a little bit more money, victims of child labor do not earn much money as they only make 10-20% of what an adult would make at the same job, according to ilo.org they only make about $1.25 a month which is much lower than the national minimum wage which is about $7.70 and are put at risk of injuries and even death due to working conditions, and lose their education opportunities. Instead, these children should be allowed to get their full education so they can grow up and get safe and proper jobs and not only get an education but get opportunities for their future. They will also be able to work in a safe environment and take their families out of poverty. In conclusion, there is absolutely no valid reason that child labor should be supported whatsoever. Child labor causes a lack of education, health risks, death risks, risks of human trafficking, and poverty (since kids won't grow up with an education to get a proper job) I chose to write about child labor as many people are unaware of the risks and dangers children are actually put through we are not aware of this because we are lucky enough to be living in a first world country where there are laws against child labor but are we really any better than the kids in Bangladesh? why should we be treated better than them these children as I have mentioned are losing chances and opportunities for their future as they can’t get the proper education they are at risk of human trafficking, health issues, and even death no one should be put through this so together we must spread awareness of this child labor and why it is wrong and must be stopped. Hopefully, in the future laws are different and these kids can finally enjoy their childhood like you and me.
Bibliography:
- “Children's Rights.” Humanium, www.humanium.org/en/childrens-rights/.
- Clc. “CLC Member.” Stopchildlabor, CLC Member Http://Stopchildlabor.wpengine.com/Wp-Content/Uploads/2014/12/Logo-Enfold.png, 17 Dec. 2019, stopchildlabor.org/.
- “Global Partnership for Education.” Global Partnership for Education, globalpartnership.org/.
- “Providing Clarity to the News That Matters Most.” WORLD, world.Wng.org/.
- “Children's Rights.” Humanium, www.humanium.org/en/childrens-rights/.
Stuck on your essay?
