why was there a need for child labor?
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Mainly because of poverty. Just to make both ends meet, children were forced to work despite young age.
812024
To oversee their work and assist when needed. Also, if they are using the internet it is important to keep an eye on the kids and make sure that they are not going to inappropriate web sites or taking the balls out of the mouses, etc.
460519
Very simple reason: to make totally unnecessary work for civil servants who are leeching from those parts of society that actually make the wealth to keep them in a job. It could be a heck of a lot simpler if they really wanted it to be.\n\nThis is true for other taxes too eg road tax.Why have that when it is avoided by the criminal classes and is expensive to collect? Simple - it creates non-jobs. To simplify it just abbolish it and add a few more pence to the petrol duty. Then those who drive more/have less efficient vehicles pay more AND its hard to avoid unless you steal petrol!
240702
When I was a kid I used to make money by providing services that other people didn't want to do themselves.  I would mow lawns, rake leaves, shovel snow, etc.  Although it isn't the best money in the world it's a pretty good way to start saving up at an early age.  I believe this is one of the few ways kids can make some good money these days.  It's not really safe to go door to door selling things like you could years back.
142035
hell no cause they need to do reseach on their own. when i was going up there was none of this fancy smacy shit. so kids these days need not to be lazy in life.
352158
In the United States, Child Labor was abolished in 1938 when Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act which placed limits on many forms of child labor.
143703
Actually, there WAS a lot of industry.  The civil war had ended, slaves were emancipated (but still very poor and discriminated against).  Most states in the West weren't states yet, just territories with no proper government.  Things were pretty busy in large cities and in Industrial New England and New York and Pennsylvania, but if there wasn't a railroad nearby, you had to take a horse or boat or just walk, so people didn't move very far away if they could help it.  I don't think there were labor usions in those times, so work conditions were pretty bad, and since medical science was pretty scarce compared to today, people died fairly young of diseases like smallpox, typhoid, cholera, etc.
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Here are a few sites about Child Labour:\nSite 1 British History 1700 0 1900 Child Labour\nSite 2 UNICEF Child Labour\nSite 3 Child Labour in India
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Children \nUnion employees\nWomen
809483
why dont you try and get work in a childrens home.
924539
Child labour damages the young person's health, prevents them getting an education and destroys family ties and social relationships, including play, essential for personal development.\n\nChild labour is almost invariably associated with gross economic inequality. It is very frequently associated with unreasonable restrictions on freedom of movement, e.g. to change jobs, with physical and mental abuse and with unsafe working practices. Accidents, including fatal accidents, in workplaces employing children have been appallingly frequent, not least because children have not developed enough mentally or physically to work safely.\n\nThe overwhelming arguments against child labour are such that  international agreements against the practice are accepted by all but the most corrupt governments.
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cheap labor being used for their industries.
185879
Well they weren't, necessarily--after all, they probably wanted to make money too.  If they were unhappy it may have been because those with the capital (employers, financiers, etc.) had ALL the power.  No minimum wage, no health & safety rules, no limits on the work day, no paid vacation, no insurance, no retirement, no child labor laws.  The deck was stacked in favor of the companies and against the workers.  Which is why unions were invented--to use the combined power of the workers to balance (not overthrow) the power of the companies, thereby allowing the workers to actually have better pay & conditions and thus become better capitalists themselves...\n\nRemember that when/if you get a job that pays you a reasonable wage with decent conditions...
384630
Unions long ago outlived their usefulness in the USA.  What do you think is the main reason for the fact that there are so few strong, large companies employing us these days?   Unions started because we needed them, there were lots of  immigrants and few jobs so the pay was low, conditions were extremely dangerous, children and woman were seriously exploited.  Unions helped to correct all these issues plus more. Unfortunately the unions gained so much power they began making demands that were absolutely ridiculous. this in turn cased the workers to become accustomed to making demands and having those demand meant no matter how absurd they were.  As a result Americans became overpaid, less productive and basically lazy and the companies were not able to produce a product of quality at a price that was competitive. Companies wanted to stay in business so they took there businesses to countries where they could make a profit and I admit exploit those people for profit.  Certainly these conditions do not exist in our country today. Unions have done more harm to the US than good, they are corrupt, driven by greed and useless today.  The unions we have today in no way resemble the original unions that were designed to protect both the employee and employer and generate proud in American made goods.  Nothing makes me madder than a bumper sticker that encourages or brags about unions, except maybe a Clinton bumper sticker.
688529
because the need a good reason to keep kids in school and take money from college students... why else???
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Because that is the reason people have kids to do the chores.
638507
There many laws and regulations that were imposed.  Such as the 8 hour work day, and later the 40 hour work week was implemented.  There were also many laws introduced towards children - not letting them work as many hours, and later that they had to be of a certain age to work.\n\nLabor unions were soon introduced into society, bringing about more change and protection for workers.  Issues of safety, fairness, cleanliness, etc.. were also of concern for a need to change.