Child Labor

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Child Labor

Today, throughout the world, around 215 million children work, many full-time. They do not go to school and have little or no time to play. Many do not receive proper nutrition or care. They are denied the chance to be children. More than half of them are exposed to the worst forms of child labor such as work in hazardous environments, slavery, or other forms of forced labor, illicit activities including drug trafficking and prostitution, as well as involvement in armed conflict.

Child labor is not an easy issue to resolve; while it seems noble to immediately withdraw investments and cooperation with firms and factories that employ child labor it may do more harm than good. Many of these children are from very poor families and work to pay for their family and/or their education. Depriving them of this income has led to some children seeking different, lower paid work, and even prostitution in some cases. Other ways with schemes to help children would likely be needed so that this labor can be phased out.

Advantages of Child labor

Some people may find it as a good thing to do, Their point of view is that a child labor can bring money to the family as well as the child gets to learn a trade that can be of use later in their life. Others will say working will keep them healthy and strong which is better than being a homeless with no action. Alsoit is cheaper to the company or the factory to have children's because it is cheaper to them to have child's. they accept less amounts of money, and even work harder with no objections. Adults have more to request and more to demand, money wise and condition wise.

That’s not my point of view, that’s what the supporters of this issue say, and I think they are people who are thinking of money, not principles.

The Disadvantages of child labor

Well the disadvantages are known and understood by every human in the earth, In my point o view I think that...