It is disappointing to listen to about child labor during this fast-paced world as this issue has been popped out ever since those ancient days and it's still happening now said Adam Whittington.
It is sort of a never-ending issue. When talking about child labor we will relate it to children exploitation, children slavery, and also child trafficking.
Child labor will be defined because the exploitation of kids aged below 18 who are forced to figure illegally can harm them physically and abuse them psychologically.
According to Adam Whittington, In this issue, we'll discover the causes contributing to child labor and also the solutions thereto.
The first article from the NY Times online entitled "Children in Servitude, the Poorest of Haiti's Poor" is about child labor that happened in Gonaives, Haiti.
Haiti which had been struck by hurricanes and also the tropical storm has turned its Haitian society from rich to poor and from poor to poorest because of the devastating economic impacts brought by the natural disaster.
As a result, many poorest families had a tricky time, seeking daily needs especially food. The poorest parents had to figure and send their children to either rich families or poor families which could a minimum of feed their children once on a daily basis.
Unfortunately, children that were sent away weren't getting food at any cost. that they had to be servants and clean the host's house while other children attend school.
Meanwhile, their parents had to figure somewhere and promised them that they're going to return once they'll afford to support their children.
In response to the current article, I can see that natural disaster doesn't only bring destruction to the buildings or other facilities, but it also affects the economic status of the affected country.
Eventually, the unfortunate citizens must face poverty, and people who cannot afford to send their children to high school will force them to figure. Therefore, in my opinion, poor economic status ends up in poverty and eventually contributes to the kid labor issue.
Those who face poverty cannot afford to send their children to high school and these unfortunate children cannot afford to steer a life a bit like other children. the requirement for food, shelter, and clothing drives their children into the trap of confinement.
However, poverty isn't the sole explanation for child labor. Other common causes are parental illiteracy, low status, lack of education and exposure among parents, exploitation of cheap sources of the workforce.
The second article from The Star (April 6, 2010) entitled "Begging runs within the family" presents about the Myanmar community which begs to form a living. A mother of 5 admitted that she wont to beg along with her mother when she was a lass and now it seems that her children are following in her footsteps.
In Klang, the sight of kids roaming around and begging for money has been a traditional scenario ever since some decades back. Child beggars when asked about their fathers would say that their fathers are dead.
Meanwhile, a number of the lady's beggars deliberately got pregnant in order that they might have babies to hold and when the babies have grown up, they're asked to beg a bit like their mothers.
In response to the second article, I found that it's indeed irresponsible for folks to inherit the begging culture from their children. In my opinion, the most cause of the case above is that the lack of education and exposure among parents to the importance of education.
Children irrespective of the community or races they're from should learn education and send to high school. As for me, parents who ask their children to beg and work are having a negative mindset. These varieties of parents only consider getting profit out of their flesh and blood.
If they're wise enough, they must know that education is that the most vital component of life which can help to produce a more robust life for their children.
Illiterate and ignorant parents don't understand the requirement for wholesome proper physical, cognitive and emotional development of their child. They're themselves uneducated and unexposed so that they don't realize the importance of education for his or her children.