Stop Child Labor

Child Labor only happens in poor countries.

While child labor is significantly more common in lower income regions, it still remains an issue all over the world. Around 12 million of these children are employed in middle or upper class countries. In places like Europe and the US, where income is steady, there are still many young people exposed to hazardous, life threatening work.

Child labor helps children to become more successful adults.

Child labor causes children to be deprived of the right to an education. This leads them to be unsuccessful later in life when looking for ways of income that may require a diploma or degree. A research report conducted in 2015 revealed young people who were exposed to child labor were more likely to end up in unpaid family work or low-paying jobs as adults.

Child labor helps the economy.

Child labor does not aid the economy, instead becomes a cause of lack of economic development. It negatively impacts a child's development and future, discouraging future skills and provides extremely low wages, significantly slowing economic growth.

Child labor is apart of culture.

Child labor has been used for many centuries before us, becoming normalized. Some people believe it develops skills and proves beneficial to a child’s growth. But this is based on the perspective of adults who don’t have to experience the reality of what these children face. They become blinded by what has been normalized or what is “tradition”, not realizing it prevents intellectual, physical, and emotional growth.

Lower income families need the economic support of employing their child.

Although working children can provide a form of financial support for their families, the wages they are being paid are on average, $2 a day. This puts a child's health at risk, stripping them of their education and childhood for a mere $10 a week. The education a child could be receiving instead could set them up for a brighter future with higher paying jobs, being more beneficial in the end.