Topic > The Dangers of Child Labor - 1136

Child labor has been a problem for more than 100 years, some of our older generations have worked for much of their lives. Some children have worked most of their lives, some of their parents don't even work, these kids earn little money, some of their parents sell them. Some of these kids don't even have parents and are just wandering the streets looking for work. Some of these kids are doing risky jobs, housework, carpet weaving and other horrible jobs and these kids are not only missing out on education, but it's their health is at stake. Child labor is increasing day by day and it is because there is a many poor countries and some parents of these children are sometimes sick, so they cannot work, but that still does not justify children to work in extremely bad weather conditions or in forced labor, so these children work in factories like coal factories where sometimes, when an engine stops working, sometimes the men put children in so they can fix it and sometimes, when the children fix it, sometimes the his arms are cut off or his body is cut off finger and in sad cases sometimes they die some of these children are usually stolen or sold to them and in some cases they are victims of trafficking. Today, approximately 246 million children worldwide are engaged in some type of work, including approximately 180 million in hazardous conditions. effects) There are many forms of child labor around the world. Children are engaged in agricultural work, mining, manufacturing, domestic services, construction work, garbage collection and street begging. Others are trapped in forms of slavery in armed conflicts, forced labor and debt bondage (to repay debts incurred by parents and gr...... middle of paper ......erson and she gave Alina to her so when Alina grew up and started working really hard she wondered why she had to work harder than other kids Well that's not it, everyone wants to make a move but no one is taking a step to end child forcing, that's not the sad part. the sad part is that some of these kids parents don't even have the conditions and do work their children and they don't have an education so they can better themselves, my father worked when he was 4 years old, my grandfather told him to milk the cows and then my grandfather put the milk buckets in a big jug my father said that the jug was bigger than him, my father has 12 older brothers they all worked when they were little now my father is 45 years of age and I see his hands and what I see are very rough hands that have worked almost all his life.