Child Labor Today

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by: Patrick Schultheis

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Child Labor:

-The gainful employment of children below an age determined by law or custom.

- Dictionary .com

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Child Labor

~Child labor is mostly used because children cost less money to employ, plus to all the families in poverty they really have no choice but to take their children out of school and send them off to work.

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Child Labor

The Three Major Places Child Labor Is Used

1)Domestic servants in homes

2) In workshops/sweatshops.

3) In Agriculture/Farming

Child Labor

Working conditionsChildren active in child labor face

hazardous conditions such as working with poisonious chemicals and pesticides when farming, breathing in coal dust when working with coal and in mines, working with large heavy objects such bricks, and rocks, and working with dangerous machinery

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Child Labor

Health Problems Caused by Child- Rapid skeletal growth- Development of organs and tissues- Greater risk of hearing loss- Greater need for food and rest- Higher chemical absorption rates- Smaller size- Lower heat tolerance

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Child Labor

EducationDue to long hours of work it harms the

children's education well being because they can’t fit school in for the 5 hours a day they get off because they have to use that time to sleep.

Child Labor

What Can We Do To Help?- Supporting workers’ struggles to organize unions and reject child labor- Campaigning for institutions to adopt and enforce

child labor- Implementing and supporting fair trade or labeling initiatives- Promoting global labor standards and trade agreements- Promoting access to education

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WORKS CITED

“Child Labour.” unicef. 12/18/10 <unicef.org>.

“Ending Child Labor.” Child Labor Publick

Education Project. 12/19/10

<continuetolearn.uiowa.edu>.

“Health Issues.” Child Labor Public Education

Project. 12/19/10

<continuetolearn.uiowa.edu>.