Child Labor: Advantages and Disadvantages
Hira Qureshi, Nicole Kuriakose 821
Child Labor
November 28, 2012 Social Studies
Child labor has been known around the world and still goes on today. Child labor is the use of children in industries or businesses. According to UNICEF, there are an estimated of 250 million children aged 514 in child labor worldwide. Many kids do not receive proper nutrition or care and are denied a chance to be children. Some work in the worst forms of child labor such as slavery, involvement in armed weapons, and other forms of forced labor.
There are some pros of child labor like children providing money for their families, and factory workers earning more money and having less time to work. Since the children were already poor and could not get an education, working helped provide a little more for their families. The factory workers got an advantage out of child labor because they paid the children a lot less and practically got there work done for free.
Some disadvantages of child labor are that the child is not mentally or physically prepared for it. Children being involved in child labor at a young age are permanently considered illiterate since they cannot go to school nor have any type of education. Many kids employed in hazardous industries are sometimes afflicted with tuberculosis and many other diseases. They are being exposed to dangerous stuff like making crackers, match boxes, etc. While children are getting jobs in factories and supporting their families, many adults are ashamed because they can't support their family, which causes social issues.
Child labor has been known around the world and still goes on today.About 250 million children work today, they don’t go to school and have little/no time to play.
Although many children have the opportunity to go to school for free and still have jobs by a certain age. Child labor can be seen as a good thing for some people, but i think it should be banned.
Child Labor
November 28, 2012 Social Studies
Child labor has been known around the world and still goes on today. Child labor is the use of children in industries or businesses. According to UNICEF, there are an estimated of 250 million children aged 514 in child labor worldwide. Many kids do not receive proper nutrition or care and are denied a chance to be children. Some work in the worst forms of child labor such as slavery, involvement in armed weapons, and other forms of forced labor.
There are some pros of child labor like children providing money for their families, and factory workers earning more money and having less time to work. Since the children were already poor and could not get an education, working helped provide a little more for their families. The factory workers got an advantage out of child labor because they paid the children a lot less and practically got there work done for free.
Some disadvantages of child labor are that the child is not mentally or physically prepared for it. Children being involved in child labor at a young age are permanently considered illiterate since they cannot go to school nor have any type of education. Many kids employed in hazardous industries are sometimes afflicted with tuberculosis and many other diseases. They are being exposed to dangerous stuff like making crackers, match boxes, etc. While children are getting jobs in factories and supporting their families, many adults are ashamed because they can't support their family, which causes social issues.
Child labor has been known around the world and still goes on today.About 250 million children work today, they don’t go to school and have little/no time to play.
Although many children have the opportunity to go to school for free and still have jobs by a certain age. Child labor can be seen as a good thing for some people, but i think it should be banned.