Children At Work

Child Autonomy, Responsibility and Child Labor During Work - Introduction and Conclusion Child labor has recently become a very sensitive topic in the world. For decades, dealers of famous companies, clothing and sporting goods who have used cheap labor in the third world countries, their names and images have been declared by child labor and obscene working conditions It is impaired. Child labor is not new to the world. It has become part of almost every society in history.

Child labor was a problem before the era of progress. Children sell newspapers, dangerous factories, farms on the street. Children work for a long time. In addition, the children work in an underground mine instead of going to school. Because it is harmful to their health, children are too small to work in mines and factories. They work because the family needs money. As they are easy to control, the boss does not pay much to the children

Children work especially in agriculture. However, factory work is difficult. Children working in the factory can work 12 to 18 hours a day and earn 1 dollar by working six days a week. Many children start working before lifting age 7 before raising the machine at a spinning factory or carrying heavy luggage. The factory is well damp, dark and dirty. Some children work in the basement and work in coal mines. Working kids have no time to play, no school attendance, no time to rest. They are often sick. By 1810, approximately 2 million school-age children are working 50 to 70 hours a week. Most people come from poor families. When parents are unable to raise children, they sometimes deliver them to the factory or factory owner. The glass factory in Massachusetts State is surrounded by "barbed wire to keep the hearts of young people". These are boys under 12 years old, 40 cents a night for 1 dollar 10 cents.

With the arrival of the British industrial revolution in the middle of the 18th century, children shifted from work at home to work at the textile factory, brick factory, coal mine from work at the farm. When the children start working in the factory, parents will not monitor them as they did when working on the farm. As poor families can not afford enough food to keep their children healthy, children are weaker and more likely to become ill due to dust or deform due to machine accidents. The factory owner pays a very low wage for children (10% of the wage of an adult male) - working for a long time and often working hard. Concerns about child welfare increased in the mid-19th century, so Congress (UK Government Council) conducted a survey to examine the situation of child labor. This is an interview with Parliamentary investigators and factory worker Elizabeth Bentley on her experience: