I will also like to add another point about child labor, even though I'm sure that I will get tomatoes thrown at me...
Every single developed country (i.e., United States, Western Europe, etc) engaged in child labor during the Industrial Revolution. Child labor laws developed only after these countries were in good enough economic standing to afford protecting children. No other country interfered with enforcing child protection laws, in fact every developing country did it at its own pace. The countries that are now engaged in child labor are now in a similar process where they are undergoing their own Industrial Revolution and are following the steps of other currently developed nations. I know that it sounds absolutely awful, but it is not right to interfere with the economic progress of other countries, simply because we can. In fact, I was forced to watch a documentary on child labor in my economics class and one country that banned child labor in order to appease Western nations is now the country with THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF CHILD PROSTITUTION. Look, I am not saying that it is right to allow children to work in factories, but to take away the choice to work in a factory, is FORCING children into prostitution as the only alternative to make money, eat and survive If given the chance, these countries will go through the same process as other countries and they will develop economically, and eradicate child labor in their own timeline, just like we did. In the mean time, I don't think we should force other countries to end child labor.
Please take the time to think about what I've posted, and do your own research about child prostitution. If you were in their shoes, what would you choose? |