Why Does Child Labor Occur Today
Roman Derkach
December 9, 2013
History 106 Western Civilization
Since the beginning of time child labor has always had a great impact on civilization. Joseph the shepherd from the 1 Bible was one of the first to ever to take part in child labor. Spending the early days of his life tending to sheep. In the fields he would help his father with the livestock. Genesis 37:2 explains “ This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhahand the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.” Joseph as a young man contributed just like his elder brothers in the wealth of his family. Even though child labor was accepted and supported back then, today, it is a different story. Many young children in China are being abused and taken advantage by wicked …show more content…
Many people of the world would like to know if child labor still occurs today? If so what is being done to abolish this abuse, what kind of kids are involved, why does child labor still occur if it is illegal? Are there any big name companies that have been associated with illegal child labor? Another question that people question is why don’t all these kids rebel and go home instead of working their early life away in factories?
Two thousand years later and the world is still experiencing child labor today. Child labor can be seen and witnessed more often in large third world countries such as India and China. The type of labor that occur are not ordinary child chores that the American society has become accustom to. The child labor that occurs in China is more intense then the average Americans work environment. Similar to the 2globalization period that
December 9, 2013
History 106 Western Civilization
Since the beginning of time child labor has always had a great impact on civilization. Joseph the shepherd from the 1 Bible was one of the first to ever to take part in child labor. Spending the early days of his life tending to sheep. In the fields he would help his father with the livestock. Genesis 37:2 explains “ This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhahand the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.” Joseph as a young man contributed just like his elder brothers in the wealth of his family. Even though child labor was accepted and supported back then, today, it is a different story. Many young children in China are being abused and taken advantage by wicked …show more content…
Many people of the world would like to know if child labor still occurs today? If so what is being done to abolish this abuse, what kind of kids are involved, why does child labor still occur if it is illegal? Are there any big name companies that have been associated with illegal child labor? Another question that people question is why don’t all these kids rebel and go home instead of working their early life away in factories?
Two thousand years later and the world is still experiencing child labor today. Child labor can be seen and witnessed more often in large third world countries such as India and China. The type of labor that occur are not ordinary child chores that the American society has become accustom to. The child labor that occurs in China is more intense then the average Americans work environment. Similar to the 2globalization period that