The Purpose Of Child Labor

Child labor is very demanding throughout many countries around the world, especially those were the economy is not doing so well. As in the United States there are some very strict rules and guidelines for the employers to follow or they can get fined and these fines are not cheap in anyway. As in fines if employers violate these laws they can also be imprisonment on top of fines if the Justice department see fit to do so. These laws and rules will help the individual child, the society and the economy down the road. In this paper we will examine the laws behind child labor, the definition and the history of how the child labor law became about. Also, we will discuss the international child labor law and how that became about. We will discuss

This source provides examples of the harsh conditions and treatments that children worked through such as working for 12-14 hours with minimal breaks and being “weighted.” This source contains a great number of charts and images that support the argument in my paper. This source also explains the process of the formation of labor unions and committees which put regulations on child labor. The evidence in this source is detailed and focuses on proving one idea. This source also provides quotes from the children who worked in factories.

When one hears the term “Child Labor”, an image of children making low quality clothing in some dingy third world sweatshop inevitably comes to mind. While this imagery is unfortunately founded in fact, the third world is not the only area complicit with this heinous practice. Truthfully, we, as a nation are also guilty of propagating this heinous practice. For over a century, this nation’s youth were subjugated to exploitation and abuse at the hands of captains of industry in the hopes of extracting every ounce of profit they could. Fortunately, sympathetic individuals recognized the children’s need for advocacy and rose to their defense in the form of organized dissent that appealed to the highest powers of this country to fight for those who could not fight for themselves. In this paper, we will look at what exactly child labor is, the circumstances that gave rise to the widespread acceptance of child labor usage, what working condition these children experienced, and how the United States eventually made its use illegal.

The purpose of Pais, Silva, and Teixeira’s piece is to observe the affects of the Family Allowance Program, also called the Bosla Familia Program, upon the insistence of child labor in Brazil in 2006. Pais et al. state that the “study allows [them] to verify if the program has effectiveness in reducing the child labor among the children of poor families or if it needs of bettering to fight such a reality”(p.659). The authors found that the Bosla Familia Program did the opposite of what was expected and increased the number of hours of child labor in Brazil. An explanation for the results received was that even though the program was meant to increase school attendance it lacked any restriction on work activities. The audience of Pais et al.’s

The 20th century was a difficult time for most families, who barely made enough to survive no matter how hard they worked. Since many places would hire children who worked for cheap, child labor was an easy option to make more money. In today's society, only 14 to 16 year olds may be employed to work. After going through the images and descriptions on the website, I can't help but to feel incredibly horrified. If my younger brother and sister had to go through what the 20th century children had to go through, I'm too afraid on how I'll react.

Children played a crucial role in the industrial revolution, but historians often overlook their sacrifice and importance to the history of the industrial revolution in the United States. In the academic world, it has been economists, not historians that have drawn more attention to the issue of child labor. Through their theories and equations, they have unraveled the mysterious life of child laborers during the industrial revolution and have hypothesized how things would have turned out had child labor reform been different. Their work keeps changing and evolving as they build off each other’s theories. They also tend to work in pairs when writing articles. Their works cover a broad scope of topics. They investigate the reasons parents sent their children to work, who opposed or promoted child labor laws, they determine the efficiency of child laborers, they investigate education regulations for child laborers, and they attempt to explain the sudden decline in child labor. Economists have differing theses on these topics and often refer to other economists in their work. Historians and economists have warned researchers of child labor that what the data reveals may not be accurate. Parents, children, and employers often lied to evade the laws and regulations surrounding child labor. They lied about ages, school attendance, and anything else that gained them

Child labor is the use of children in industry or business. In other words child labor is violating the age limit for work that threatens a kid mentally or physically. Sadly there are one hundred sixty-eight million unlucky kids who are stuck in it.

Charles Henderson, who is head of socially responsible investment research at Aegon, once stated that "What is socially and ethically acceptable for investors is changing all the time.” Furthermore, the best way to define the ethic is a system of moral principles where people follow specific rules and regulation. Even though our code of conduct basis for humanity does not allow one employee to enslave or forced a child to do labor work, Child-labor has become one of the aspect of the ethics from stock market investing. Therefore to create more understanding of how child-labor is being used in our modern world, this paper will briefly discuss on the components such as occurrences of child labor from the history, use of it in the present era, and motives behind its brutal act.

Child labor is a cause and consequence of poverty and education and training is crucial to breaking this cycle. At the same time, interventions on education and training must be integrated with other interventions to effectively remove children from hazardous work. This includes measures which address poverty and underdevelopment, inadequate health and social policies, weak labor market institutions, inadequate legislation and an inadequate enforcement of laws.

In the United States, child labor and sweatshops are illegal, and society frowns upon any business that exploits children in the production of goods. Though most would say that they would not support a company that uses child labor to produce its goods, almost everyone has, in fact, knowingly or unknowingly, supported these businesses in one way or another. Children are involved in the production of many of the everyday goods we import from overseas, including the manufacturing of clothes, shoes, toys, and sporting equipment, the farming of cocoa, cotton, sugarcane, and bananas, and the mining of coal, diamonds, and gold (The U.S. Dept. of Labor). Often, we are blinded to this fact.

Families were poor, women had to work just like the men, if they didn’t work they don’t get paid, so after the women had the baby she would bring it to work with her. At the age of 5 or 6 children had jobs so they could have some income for the family.

The condition would be for the people to have higher pays than before, giving their kids a chance to teach themselves and break the cycle that is keeping the region impoverished. Fundamentally, government control of the child labor circumstance is required to control the level of influence overseas multinational groups have in the area.

‘Forms of child labor, including indentured servitude and child slavery, have existed throughout American history.’ (http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/about/us_history.html) During the years following the Civil War, (http://americanhistory.about.com/od/industrialrev/a/indrevoverview.htm) the American working class made an abrupt transition away from farm work and home chores. Workers shifted over to the ever-growing factory production industry. Many factory production jobs became available following the year 1820, mid way through Industrial Revolution. This era of mechanic and industrial growth created new social divides in American society, forming new castes of entrepreneurs and splitting the population into the middle and the lower class (http://www.eiu.edu/eiutps/childhood.php). Many families relocated from rural neighbourhoods to seek employment. American citizens from the suburbs traveled to nearby cities, searching for a better life and employment. In the newly established industrial empire the jobs available often required long hours working in dangerous conditions. The work offered was in exchange for little pay– families would often have no choice but to accept the conditions. In the cases of unfavorable lines of work, children were often proffered. Children were favored because of their small stature, ability for nimble precise work, and

Negative effects of child labor can be solved through provided and accessible education to continue a child’s growth

"Please, sir," replied Oliver, "I want some more." No one will ever forget the simple plea made by the poor hungry little orphan named Oliver Twist. Nobody will be able to omit from his mind the painful blows that Oliver suffered. Nor will anyone cease to recall what it felt like to be young and helpless in a much bigger and stronger world. In an effort to bring the ostracized poverty situation of so many children to the public's attention, Charles Dickens wrote an unforgettable book to touch the hearts of millions. Whether he knew it then or not, he was also bringing a new connotation and worldwide innuendo to the term "child labor".