why should child labour be abolished throughout the world?
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.
736389
I'm in the U.S but I've said the same thing for years! poor children being born to idiots, raised as idiots, to become adult idiots that working class people some how end up taking care of. cheers\n\n\nArcane you make a very good point
111554
Mainly because of poverty. Just to make both ends meet, children were forced to work despite young age.
674538
They would need a place for babies to develop. It is not necessary whatsoever and would take too much money that could be put into use on somethingthat matters. It might be possible, but it'd be incredibly stupid.
677888
I think it's a great idea.  Private enterprise, cooperating to limit harmful sales to children.  The private sector, under pressure from the vast majority of the public is taking self-regulation without the need for governmental involvement.\n\nHat's off to them !
374830
considering \n1) they've already paid off their debts ten times over\n2) we don't need their money\n3) the only reason we enforce these debts and their ridiculously high interest rates is to keep them poor so that they have no choice but to do our dirty work for us...\n\nthe question really is, 'should slavery be abolished'?\n\nso hell yes. any even halfway compassionate human being should be in favour of debt cancellation.
899020
It is just part of the free trade economy.  Labor jobs Will go where  labor is the cheapest.  Where we are failing miserably is not putting enough money into our schools and teaching our children the skills they need to survive today.  It is quite a mess,  and one the politicians really do not want to tackle because it will be  so expensive and defiantly mean raising our taxes.  Then we have to trust Washington to do the right thing with our money which is quite a risk.  Our debt has doubled and we are going to need tax dollars to save our kids and there kids. It is quite a complicated mess, and a really good question.
1184944
Every human being should have the opportunity to make a better life for themselves. Unfortunately, too many children in the world today grow up without this chance, because they are denied their basic right to even attend primary school. A sustainable end to world poverty as we know it, as well as the path to peace and security, require that citizens in every country are empowered to make positive choices and provide for themselves and their families. This can only be achieved if all the children of the world are given the chance to learn in a high-quality schooling environment at least through primary school.
16652
because society as a whole is not taught the fundamental common courtecies of life any more.  It should start in the home with our children when they are young and influencial.
25213
Several African countries have an infant mortality rate close to 50%, mostly due to extreme poverty (disease, abysmal sanitation, civil unrest, etc.).  While low GDP, and internal strife are important problems, losing half of your newborns, to me, is the greatest of tragedies.  Long term, in practical terms, it also means you country will not have a large indigenous work force, and will need to import labor to sustain the populace, if/when the econmoic situation improves.  Non-indigenous labor can have negative social, political and economic impacts on a country, often worsening a sensitive situation.
962921
First, child labor is a fact of life, as it means the difference between hunger and food. If the parents are affluent enough, the children need not work but that requires the parents being able to earn sufficient to support the family. All parents want their children to be educated and prosper, but the hard reality is that much of the world lives at poverty or border-line poverty and the kids have to pitch in. I live in Asia and child-labor is common, but it is not the sweat-shops where illegals are literally chained to their jobs. It is more of a family effort to keep the wolves from the door. One boy I know rises at 5 am and plucks chickens until 8 am then hurries home to get ready for school...and gets no pay, but his family has managed in this way to send two others to the university. His turn will come because of the family effort and child labor...he is 11 years old. They are paid about 20 cents US for each chicken and universities are not cheap. Do-gooder attitudes are fine if you have money. As we say in China, 'No money, No talk'. Even aged grandfathers and grandmothers take part in making ends meet. Middle-class morality is a luxury that few of the third world countries can afford.
518172
Please donate to Bangladesh because you will stop child labor and it will help them to go to school. Some of them are as Little as 12 or 13 years old and works in garments factory. That's because the government even don't have any better plan for them.
899644
you're right, we are the only country in the world that allows for the anchor baby syndrome.  no other country in the world allows children born from guest-worker, visa or visiting parents to become a citizen.  US is the only country that does this and this was allowed when we were still a young country with a lower populace than today.  we should get rid of that law and not allow anchor babies.  you want to bet, that would cut the numbers drastically.
925267
This is where you find the heart of the matter. The future of any country depends on an educational system available to everyone, look at Ireland's example in their universal education system, they have transformed their economy in a very short period of time and are now attracting the best companies in the world. The greatest purpose in America was to see our children reach their American Dream and yet, all we do is complain about the cost and how much the teacher is making, complain about the jobs leaving the country, but don't give the kids the tools to compete. If you want jobs to return you must compete with countries that are providing first rate education to their future work force. It ain't rocket science.
650441
I don't get it.  The problem with this debate is that there are too many Squares that must follow the rules. Given how much a job in the US means to an immigrant's family I feel that it is okay to look the other way.   Plus anything that makes it illegal for Children here in the United States to get an Education or go to the hospital because they'd get arrested is complete BS.
966170
Pedophiles are disgusting and should be removed from society because they do not seem capable of being cured. For anyone to destroy the innocence of a child is, in my opinion, the worst crime that any person can commit.
341099
I would say yes, in an ideal world.  However, because there are parents who cannot take care of their own children;they are forced to work more than 10 hours a week to provide for themselves, if not for a family.