Child Labor

In the United States and in many other countries Child Labor is a very big problem. It is one of the leading causes of death in children in the United States. It has often been referred to as the modern slavery. Despite common, belief the problem is getting better but at a terribly slow rate. Children as young as 12 years old have been killed by copious amounts of labor and lack of attention to the children working.

According to an article by the Washington Post “A 12-year-old was cleaning drainage systems in Tennessee in March when an ATV flipped onto him. He died from his injuries. A 14-year-old boy was trapped in eight feet of feed in a silo while working with his father on a Wisconsin dairy farm in June - they both died. A 14-year-old was crushed to death by a New Holland LS170 Skid Loader when attempting to move bales of hay on a dairy farm in Upstate New York in 2014. A 16-year-old construction worker in Missouri was struck and killed by a swinging crane that same year.” Due to reasons like this there should be more regulations on Child Labor in our country and in countries around the world.