by Penny B
When asked, many will tell you that they are dead set against the concept of child labor. In the developed countries, child labor is absolutely prohibited. No child is allowed to work before the age of sixteen or sev...read more
Pros and Cons of Child Labor Employing children when they are so young is characterized as child labor. In India employing children below the age of 14 is a crime punishable either with fine or imprisonment under the Prev...read more
by Leo Ginley
Pros and cons of child labor? Pros?... Pros?... Really? I presume we are discussing the obscene exploitation of infants and children in places like the Democratic Republic of Congo' (now there's Orwellian newspeak at ...read more
Is it really acceptable for children to be working in sweatshop conditions to bring us cheap trainers from brands that make vast amounts of money anyway? No seems to be the obvious response, but the answer is a little mor...read more
Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." - These words of Walt Disney clearly shows that children are greatest asset of our society. But poverty, unemployment and illiteracy are few factors which pulls ...read more
by Anum Gull
Primarily what does the child labor refer to? It means the children who are forced to work outdoors due to the financial crisis faced by their families and because of this poverty they are devoid of the basic right of stud...read more
by Mr. Bly
"Child labor" has a very negative connotation to it in our society today, which brings images of sweat-shop labor in third-world/developing countries. The cons include: 1. Short-life spans for children working in what...read more
It's estimated that as many as ten million school-age children are working in China, most in horrible conditions for long hours with little or no breaks. Chinese government officially forbids labor for children under 16, ...read more
by Lana Tessier
Education is just a minute part of what's changing the values of our children as well as society. You need to merely turn on a radio or a television program to see whats really happening. It's been the rule to blame the m...read more
by Lyndon W
Okay, everyone knows that the idea of child labour is unacceptable for most of us. Give me a few secs to give you my take on this too, - Cons: Child Labour is most evident in less developed countries, thefore.. - C...read more
My concern with child labor is a great percentage of U.S. citizens recognize this as being wrong as I do. This is Not so much a problem in the U.S. as it is for the U.S. I work for a company that purchases it's products f...read more
Child labor has been a prevalent issue and not new to everyone since then and happening almost everywhere in the world but severe cases can be found in countries where lower class is much more compare to the well-off famil...read more
Except for consumer cost, there are, in my opinion, no real "pros" to child labor. As I read the title it dawned on me that I am getting these great deals on clothing sometimes because a child has helped to create them. Th...read more
I don't think there are many pros of child labour. In my country Belgium child labour is forbidden by law. They have to study till she become 18 years. When she are 16 years they can do work as jobstudent but nothing els...read more
by C Philip
Pros: 1. International corporations can increase profit margins by setting up shop in countries that are lax on human rights. You can pay a child a lot less than an adult. 2. Children can quit school early! How badl...read more
This is a VERY difficult question to answer. My immediate impression was to say child labor is bad, abominable! It should be abolished, because every child has the right for education, for freedom, for a REAL life. Whe...read more
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