Child Labour

Child labour
Seventy-three million children ages ten to fourteen are working illegally in the world today. That makes up 11.2 percent of the population ages ten to fourteen. The purpose of this essay is to show you the shocking details of how children are exploited in underdeveloped countries.

Why are these children working in the first place? The children are working for many reasons. In most cases people would think that these children are forced into working; Although in some cases children go to work because their family is extremely poor and they feel they need to help get money. In other cases these children are physically forced into doing the work that no one else will. In other cases a child's family could all die or just plane out leave him and they will be adopted and forced to do the work. Some children get sold to a manufacture and they are forced into working. Most of these children have no choice but to work. These children aren't always forced into doing all this work. That dose not mean that they like the work it means that the family might need the money or they might have no where else to go. Some of these children work for simple room and board
Why do these people make these children work? Is it because they cant afford to pay people minimum wage or is it just because they re too cheap to pay minimum wage. The purpose of this essay was to show people how the children in underdeveloped countries are treated and forced into working.

What do some of these children do for work. Most of these kids work in the industrial area. Textiles, carpets, clothing, and footwear are the most common places where these children are forced to work. Boys are usually working the machines that make products. Girls work as maids and house cleaners for rich people. Both of these jobs come with enormous tasks for the children. Nike is one of the biggest manufacturers of sports products in the world they have been caught using child labour and astonishing 30... [continues]

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