Experiencing How Child Labour was in 1900
Topic one: Child Labourers facts
Imagine, turing 10 years old and instead of having a party to celebrate you must enter a factory to start your new job. That is what child Labour island how most kids in 3rd world countries live. My findings from my research is vast information. Child Labor is when children under the age of 10 start to work. They work to help pay bills, buy food, clothing and housing. It takes away their education that most children would really want and need. Kids of my generation take school for granted and complain. Some seem to forget it’s a privilege and we take it for granted. The kind of work these to children did in factories are: picking cotton, tea, making clothing, harvesting, farming and planting. They work with dangerous machinery and sometimes without proper guidelines or rules on how to use them. Children were often punished because they would run away from their jobs. Some of them were late or missed work. These kids would get punished.
Topic two: Where does child labor exist?
Child labor didn’t only occur in factories it occurred in many other places. They are 215 child labourers around the globe. Approximately 114 million (53%) are in Asia and in the Pacific 14 million. In Latin America (7%) live there, 65 million (30%) live in sub-Saharan Africa. Child labor could be found in nearly every industry. The work that the children had suffered with were: harvesting banana’s in Ecuador and they made the carpet in India, they also made Cocoa in Ivory Coast and they cut the flowers in Colombia. They also formed the glass and bricks in China.
Topic three: How difficult is Child labor?
Obtaining all these facts is very saddening, one of the questions that you might find yourself asking is why did their parents allow these children to work to work at a young age? How did the children feel the at that time working day and night, and who thought to help free these poor children? Lets start with they allowed their children to work day and night, with very dangerous tools, today in Canada children working at a young is currently illegal and considered inhumane. Their parents let them work because they had low amount of money and no food or clothing. Going to work made them skip school which is unfair. Kids need education to get opportunity’s in life and good jobs. So how hard do you think it is for these children? At that time, the children felt pressured and were being forced to work because it’s all they know.
Topic four: The risks of the job
The jobs had many risks and consequences. Some hazards of working were fingers getting cut or other body parts being injured. These children didn’t want to let their their parents down so they risked their own lives with these dangerous tools they had to worked with. The children might die just to get food, water, clothing shelter, and pay bills which takes lots of work and courage. Bravery and courage are strong characteristic of these kids many. Truly their lives are scary and horrible since not having a ‘normal’ childhood is very sad. An example a boy named Craig Keilburger sold off at the age of four. He was all over the newspapers and articles and almost everybody heard about this young boy. There was another child named Iqubal Masih, who was tied to a carpet loom managed to escape but two years later he was found murdered. There was an organization, run by young people, who were speaking out against child labor around the world and were taking action to improve the lives of other children. This is an emotional subject. It’s hard to comprehend not learning and losing my education like that. It’s very difficult for me and I’m pretty sure it’s difficult for you guys too.
Overall the topic of child labour is an issue that should diminish within societies. The hardships, risks and deaths that happen are tolls that real people have to pay because of poverty. The more we educate ourselves about these children and their lives the more people can empathize and help to solve this hidden problem. Hopefully this generation is thankful to have privileges, loving families and optimistic lives.
Imagine, turing 10 years old and instead of having a party to celebrate you must enter a factory to start your new job. That is what child Labour island how most kids in 3rd world countries live. My findings from my research is vast information. Child Labor is when children under the age of 10 start to work. They work to help pay bills, buy food, clothing and housing. It takes away their education that most children would really want and need. Kids of my generation take school for granted and complain. Some seem to forget it’s a privilege and we take it for granted. The kind of work these to children did in factories are: picking cotton, tea, making clothing, harvesting, farming and planting. They work with dangerous machinery and sometimes without proper guidelines or rules on how to use them. Children were often punished because they would run away from their jobs. Some of them were late or missed work. These kids would get punished.
Topic two: Where does child labor exist?
Child labor didn’t only occur in factories it occurred in many other places. They are 215 child labourers around the globe. Approximately 114 million (53%) are in Asia and in the Pacific 14 million. In Latin America (7%) live there, 65 million (30%) live in sub-Saharan Africa. Child labor could be found in nearly every industry. The work that the children had suffered with were: harvesting banana’s in Ecuador and they made the carpet in India, they also made Cocoa in Ivory Coast and they cut the flowers in Colombia. They also formed the glass and bricks in China.
Topic three: How difficult is Child labor?
Obtaining all these facts is very saddening, one of the questions that you might find yourself asking is why did their parents allow these children to work to work at a young age? How did the children feel the at that time working day and night, and who thought to help free these poor children? Lets start with they allowed their children to work day and night, with very dangerous tools, today in Canada children working at a young is currently illegal and considered inhumane. Their parents let them work because they had low amount of money and no food or clothing. Going to work made them skip school which is unfair. Kids need education to get opportunity’s in life and good jobs. So how hard do you think it is for these children? At that time, the children felt pressured and were being forced to work because it’s all they know.
Topic four: The risks of the job
The jobs had many risks and consequences. Some hazards of working were fingers getting cut or other body parts being injured. These children didn’t want to let their their parents down so they risked their own lives with these dangerous tools they had to worked with. The children might die just to get food, water, clothing shelter, and pay bills which takes lots of work and courage. Bravery and courage are strong characteristic of these kids many. Truly their lives are scary and horrible since not having a ‘normal’ childhood is very sad. An example a boy named Craig Keilburger sold off at the age of four. He was all over the newspapers and articles and almost everybody heard about this young boy. There was another child named Iqubal Masih, who was tied to a carpet loom managed to escape but two years later he was found murdered. There was an organization, run by young people, who were speaking out against child labor around the world and were taking action to improve the lives of other children. This is an emotional subject. It’s hard to comprehend not learning and losing my education like that. It’s very difficult for me and I’m pretty sure it’s difficult for you guys too.
Overall the topic of child labour is an issue that should diminish within societies. The hardships, risks and deaths that happen are tolls that real people have to pay because of poverty. The more we educate ourselves about these children and their lives the more people can empathize and help to solve this hidden problem. Hopefully this generation is thankful to have privileges, loving families and optimistic lives.
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