What is wrong with child labor?

[ankitgokani]

well a vey one sided topic u all may feel but tell me 1 thing this child even if are given free education they donot study they just roamaround and do wat we call mawaligiri so y not get them employed and earn money for them and there family if they have

[deepakraam]

Well Ankit,you are viewing the glass as half-empty,I wud say.Providing education provides complete cure for most of the prblms.Other measures mite be like pain killers.Providing free education means also checking the attendance rate for a particular school and taking proper action if the standards are not met.It doesn't end with that.Think about the noon meal scheme available in TN.This has increased the no.of enrollments in schools.Atleast ppl are sending their children to school so that they can have atleast 1 sq meal/day.This is indirectly making a child to come to school.All good habits are hard to come and hard to go.This good habit of coming to school is hard to come and we need to take steps like noon meal scheme to make it a success.Once the habit is set and it is going to reap benefits,this habit will be hard to go.In intial phases this will take lot of efforts and pains to inculcate this habit.Even some measures like Free electricity for certain duration can be given to homes where children are studying.But India is currently facing severe power shortage.So we need to wait for some yrs for this to happen.Even some concessions can be given in the Ration shops for ppl those who send their children to schools.

-Deepak.

[varun123]

hmmm..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

[ganguly111]

i agree wth u ankit........ ........... .................

[squareleg]

Can u say all those studying r doing it with all sincerity. They study to get good marks, good jobs n all. They hav a structured way, n chalked out plan followed by many. Some do well, others manage to.

Child they dont know the way. And coz of their poverty r forced into work when their fortunate counterparts r bust playin videogames and at MCDonalds. So if we cant give them all the worldly comforts atleast a chance to come up in life.

We ourselves know how difficult it is. Think that from Std I u dint have parents to back u, where wud u have been?

[ishan.jaish]

Anything that is wrong with the child labour is that children are not matured enough that they can compare what is there in their own interest. People try to use them, not reward them for their efforts or for the prosperity of their life.

[shraddha123]

to sum wat i agreee ankit....bt dont u fell at times dat they too have the privelege to study and to know the world more easily.........they need to knw the things going around them....so they need to be educated.............

shraddha

[trillionairegate]

I think there is nothing wrong in child labour because a child has got some sources of income to live but if that is also curbed the child cannot survive and putting them in government funded org will not help either they go on to become anti social elements or

[randomvish]

there is nothin in child labor....i agree wid u ankit......but at the same time govt. is takin actions for these children so that their future is not dark....

[pahuja.chirag]

well let me put one point here, because of child labour, people in many places are giving birth to new babies just to get some income in their family by making them work. one more thing here is if the girl child is born they kill her and if boy child is born, they are happy that they have one more earner in the family. this is the main thing that is wrong with child labour....

[username123]

^^ agree with chirag. The indian policy is flawed. Go for dictatorship for few years and cee the difference. When politicians themselves cannot follow the rules, what do you expect from the ruled?

[sandeep_27]

Let's turn the question around. What is right in allowing child labor?

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[brindhabinu]

hi
my view is children can be allowed to work part time after school hours that too only in places where their health would not be affected.but education to all must be made compulsory

[hrishikesh_desai]

Hi All,

I read all the posts above and I just wanna ask one thing to you all... whats wrong with you guys??? The only thing wrong with child labour is that its
CHILD LABOUR!!!

Lets talk about Child first: -

I define a Child as someone who between the age of 0 - 16, coz by 16 i think everyone gets a fair idea about the environment around them....

Anyways, Now Whats wrong with a child working... some would say nothing at all... its helping him to get two sq meals...

I say its Fundamentally Immoral, Unethical and above all not Human.... a child does not know what is good or bad for him/her, right or wrong, or for that matter does not even have a thought process....

By just saying that as the system is flawed its better of that a child works and makes a living.... Let me ask you this.. what living will this child and in future this individual make with that kind of work.....

By even suggesting that its not a bad idea that a child works is proof that in the process of human evolution we have only but lost the core values of being human...

The only people who directly or indirectly promote child labour are the one who want to keep cost down and profits up.... thats it they done care if the child is getting two sq meals or anything.. they only know that they got their work done in 5 dollars instead of 10 dollars....

Ever wondered why we are still considered a third world country even though when we think we are not...

Also, by allowing child labour how do you think our nation is going to be run by then when we are all gone... sure there will be people like us educated, qualified and intelligent but on the other hand we will also have uneducated, unqualified and relatively less understanding population too...

Why do you think we have such huge domestic problems like child marriage, girl child killings, communal violence, communal divide, economic divide, etc.... this is all because of lack of knowledge, awareness and education... and the only time in ones life that one can truly acquire knowledge, awareness and education in its true form is when one is a child... once that period is lost the hope of acquiring them is very less coz by then the worldly things like making a living comes into picture... and no one can run away from that... but what is achievable and possible is to ensure that each and every citizen or human is encouraged to acquire knowledge, awareness and education during his/her childhood so that he/she has a very good shot of making a living...

Sure the system is flawed, without focus and direction, and we are to be blamed for it.... and these children pay the price for it.....

Now about Labour: -

The fact that its labour and not employment is the problem with it... it means unhealthy environment, no learning in the job and over everything else underpay...

Also a child is not in a position to decide that is working good or bad, right or wrong for himself/herself so it also is undemocratic besides being Immoral, Unethical and Unhuman ....

In some cases I know that education is not really that important coz there is no food on the table... but its possible to take care of this situation like someone mentioned above free food in schools of TN....

In some cases probably there is no family etc... but its possible to take care of this situation by creating more orphanages and community institutions... now someone will say they dont really work... now thats because the system is flawed... that can also be fixed....

Even I feel that children should be exposed to the actual world but not before 16... after that some special schemes should be introduced where only certain areas of employments should be offered or made available to teenagers only.. like newspaper delivery, pizza delivery, etc which are not labour intensive but also give exposure to youngsters...

I always think that there is always two ways on looking/approaching/solving any problem/issue.... the Right Way and the Other way .... and usually people choose the other way coz its easy, safe, convenient and profitable way....

But people always forget that the Other way always moves forward in a circle, it always comes back to you!!!

I think the topic of discussion is wrong... the thought process is wrong and above all the direction of the discussion is wrong....

We should not be discussing what is right or wrong with child labour.... what we should be discussing is how to eradicate child labour....

I hope i have made some sense here and can make few of you to think more objectively and The Right Way!!! I m sure some of you would have your own thoughts on it which would contradict mine.... And if its the Right Way i m sure you will be able to change my perspective....

Regards,

Hrishikesh Desai

P.S. --- Some guy was talking about dictatorship and introducing it..... dude you dont know what you are talking about.... its totally another can of worms ... i m sure we can open it in another discussion.....

[rahul_parab2006]

well let me put one point here, because of child labour, people in many places are giving birth to new babies just to get some income in their family by making them work. one more thing here is if the girl child is born they kill her and if boy child is born, they are happy that they have one more earner in the family. this is the main thing that is wrong with child labour....

god point @<hidden> chirag.............

i would say that child labour is not good for that child's life...........

@<hidden> ankit..... our childhood days r for playing and enjoying life.......... :SugarwareZ-276:
u r taking the short lived time out of child's life when they should be getting a good education and having fun.....

moreover, they get paid little to nothing for all d hard work they do and are often sexually or verbally abused. What type of a life is that for a child!

instead...they should get proper education from schools at that age, for working in the future after all education...........

[nsg]

child labour cant remove from the root because poor people are motivated by money (short result) not by education or study(long term result)...............

[manthan_479]

may what ankit is trying to say is...if Child labor is allowed children wud stop stealing...since there cud earn their bread...but it can be said that the advantages of no to child labour are more than yes.................

[shailu744]

Wel i really dnt encourage child labour.as todays children r tomorrows citizens for growth of our country it is compulsary thst they must be educated.it is fine if they work during holidays so that they earn some money for there books r so.........

[Shweta Nafday]

I feel child labour is just unfair. It just against child rights and even Human Rights. Today's children are India's future. we are wasting their talent which could be otherwise used for India's development. this could only be possible thru giving them proper education.

[manthan_479]

Inspite of China having more population than India...its better off than India bcos it has utilised its human resource properly...ie there much lower child labour there....so stopping child labour here wud be a gud step towards are progress.................

[Bruce Wayne]

I think ther's no problem if the child makes the call of doing labour but it should be seen that the labour is not forced on him and it doesn't affect him physically, mentally or in self development..neither his education should be affected..for eg: there's no issue if a child delivers newspaper in the morning, attends school after that and studies or works in the remaining time dependinng on the feasiibilty and that its not affecting him in any of the ways mentioned above and education he receives should lead him to self development..

[manthan_479]

yup agreed with BW.....as long as the child is given proper education...n balance diet....ne work acc to his age sud be 5n................

[kamalkasad]

Well Ankit,you are viewing the glass as half-empty,I wud say.Providing education provides complete cure for most of the prblms.Other measures mite be like pain killers.Providing free education means also checking the attendance rate for a particular school and taking proper action if the standards are not met.It doesn't end with that.Think about the noon meal scheme available in TN.This has increased the no.of enrollments in schools.Atleast ppl are sending their children to school so that they can have atleast 1 sq meal/day.This is indirectly making a child to come to school.All good habits are hard to come and hard to go.This good habit of coming to school is hard to come and we need to take steps like noon meal scheme to make it a success.Once the habit is set and it is going to reap benefits,this habit will be hard to go.In intial phases this will take lot of efforts and pains to inculcate this habit.Even some measures like Free electricity for certain duration can be given to homes where children are studying.But India is currently facing severe power shortage.So we need to wait for some yrs for this to happen.Even some concessions can be given in the Ration shops for ppl those who send their children to schools.

-Deepak.

hey i completely agree with you. way to go !!!!

[Priyanka A]

hi
well i think that child labour should be stopped because it harms or exploits children in some way (physically, mentally, morally, or by blocking access to education).

[chandoo.upadhyay]

there are a lot of wrong is going on with child,that is time for playing, studying and enjoining the basic life not to face the problems

[ekupahwa]

i am not in this favor the child should work.govt is doing so many things to abolish it but still until an unless we dont feel our social reposiblty to change the things govt cant do alone. childerns are the futher of the country

Regards

Ekta

[veena krishnappa]

i dont agree with u ankith .........they r kids they dont even know wats right nd wats wrong obviously they will like to roam around instead of studying....tats whr people like us should help them in understanding the importance of education once they understand the value of it then they will automatically stop roaming nd tk their education seriously.

[CITYBOY]

hi all .we r living in democraic country. whre constituin banned the child labour. so we have to respect laws and consider humanity

[miboyfrend]

Who gives a job guarantee and if every one is educated who will provide them appropriate jobs. If appropriate jobs are not given it leads to social injustice and angry discontent youth. You cant expect every one to become an entrepreneur. They can do a job and go for a evening class to get a basic education.

[angels_smile]

child labour is wrong ...as when there is money as an alternative option to studying evryone will move towards it...but on the other side the government schools donot have a very good real eductaion ...even a 5th standard child does't know how to write..rather than deciding of it being good or not ..the government should try to enforce that though one can employ child labour but one has to also take care of their education till they are of 18years..this is more of a permanent solution and this eductaion should take place in a government school but not like the current ones...here neither the teachers are interested in teaching nor the students are interested in learning....

[adiishi]

Anything that is wrong with the child labour is that children are not matured enough that they can compare what is there in their own interest

[aashna610]

well yah child labour is bad...bt not always as in india there is a lot of poverty and sometimes parents send their kids for work because of problems.Since prices of food grains and all is rising it is very difficult to run a house and so parents send their childern for work.

[lawman78]

Child is the most degradable and atrocious thing that can happen anywere any time

[username123]

it is bad but see the domestic help scenario in india.. lots of children are employed as helps..

[gaurav_41283]

i think over this point you are right
but there are exceptions available always and we have to think beyond them

[madronny]

I think there is nothing wrong in child labour because a child has got some sources of income to live but if that is also curbed the child cannot survive and putting them in government funded org will not help either they go on to become anti social elements or

[neha20092009]

well i think that child labour should be stopped because it harms or exploits children in some way (physically, mentally, morally, or by blocking access to education).

[kamalkasad]

everythng is wrong wid child labour...it is a sin to make children work

[mak_its me!]

Hi friends...Well its my first ever post in MP...Hopin to b a regular now on...My views on the topic of discussion r

Child labor though is illegal, it should b ritely bannd as it exploits a child n makes him/her go thru sum worst times in lyf...Child labor shuld nly b supportd wen it givs n employment to child in a gud way as n earnin opportu n helps in his/hers development...

Thx n cheers!

[fun.unltd]

in India labor cost is too little in comparison with foreign countries. they are making pressure through various agencies to curb child labor as they know that majority of labor force is constituted by child and they are paid too less also. therefore laws are being passed to implement the directions of agencies so that cost become up and their products become completive with Indian one.

big marketing and management policy

[YogeshTheDevil]

What is wrong with child labour - the very concept of labour by a child, who should be in school, learning , rather than doing the menial jobs. It does stop the complete grown of a child - the time when he/she should have been spending in learning is getting wasted in doing a job which a grown up individual can do. The time when he should have been thinking freely, getting creative ideas in his / her mind is getting ruined in thinking how the next mean will come.

[manasvee]

I think its wrong to support child labour, but in country like India where most of the population are not well developed or say below poverty line & if in a family there is only one boy & whose age is 13& suppose now that boy's father is no more & her mother is not in condition to work or if even she can work then to she cannot earn such amt. in which both can survive, for a single person i would atleast say single day expense on food is 100 that is 3000 a month so now ppl can think how much its really tough. Ppl just say abolish child labour are they really ready to adopt the family , even the govt. does not provide better facility, forget abt good i'm saying better.

[lamedvavnik]

Child labour is not offensive... but its termed "offensive" only under conditions when the child is deprived of the facility to gain the basic education or knowledge which is required for every human to do a better survival... Even there are children who do so many activities, like helping their father in the kirana shops after schools, helping their brothers in the small lathes, etc etc, ut the factor is they are able to continue their education. So, the policies against child labour is to make sure that every child gets the basic RIGHT OF EDUCATION.

[savio13]

well a vey one sided topic u all may feel but tell me 1 thing this child even if are given free education they donot study they just roamaround and do wat we call mawaligiri so y not get them employed and earn money for them and there family if they have

Children have a physical structure that is not meant to do hard menial labour... But due to family financial issues they have to undergo this pain in beedi, textile,etc. factories and hotels to give their family a morsel of food..

But this has to end.. children should be educated and parents should see to it that the child is made to go to school rather than make to do work to earn for the family...

[stephaniejdsouza]

well ankit indeed u picked up a very interesting topic... but i would rather beg to differ!!! i wont say child labour is wrong, but then again opnions differ from person to person.... speaking from personal experience...
last summer, i had to work for an NGO, more lyk with the less privileged kids... and there was somethin i never seen before... we basically had to keep them busy by teaching them to speak in english, or to learn to read and write.... the kids mostly were all in primary school.... and each one had their own set of interests... mostly most of them wanted to do anything as long as it didnt have anythin to do with books... but there was this one guy who always wanted to learn more and more and more!!!!!! he would always ask us to give him home work, and then the next day he would ask us to give him tests... i was very suprised with his behaviour because he was the only one boy who avtually wanted to study... one day i sat with him to ask him why exactly was he so interested in studying, while all what the others wanted to do was play and have fun... this is what he tells me- "all my life i have seen my mum and dad live in utter poverty, when my younger sister wanted something, sometimes my father could not afford it... so i want to study so much, that when i grow up i become a doctor, and then i will have enough money to buy my children whatever they want...they will not have to see days like the ones i have lived..."
there is a small village boy with real big dreams... if child labor is allowed, dreams as his, will always remain a dream, and these kids will never have to chance to make their dreams come true....
n honestly i think everyone, whether big or small, deserves that one chance!!!!

[priyankappd]

Poverty and social inequality are the root causes of child labour.If there is no interference in the child's education and growth, working at home may benefit children educationally and socially, making them more responsible. They develop self-confidence and respect in their communities, often contributing to their own cultural and social development, along with their communities. Families, employers, exporters, everyone has a vested interest in letting the practice continue. Poor families look upon these children as a means of earning money.children work for long hours and in hazardous conditions and are not even paid the minimum wage. The employer manages to exploit them, as they do not have a powerful lobby backing them and there is no one to demand justice for them. Children are not paid while they are on training. What is worse, a child, who has been employed through a contractor, is forced to pay as much as 25% of his abysmal earnings to the contractor.
:SugarwareZ-086:

[mba.informationtechnology]

What is wrong with child labor.................no one ever can ans it..properly...............mind my words........properly

[mba.informationtechnology]

What is wrong with child labor.................no one ever can ans it..properly...............mind my words........properly.................no one ever can ans it..properly...............mind my words........properly

[ruckfules]

childhood is the time to cherish n blossom.

[mba.informationtechnology]

What is wrong with child labor?.......................gud question................quite concerning though.............................it is as wrong as saying earth is at top and sky is at bottom

[kapil21682]

Well there is nothing wrong in generating a living is they think they need to support their family... if they don't work. they end up like slum kids who are good for nothing..so they learn to snatch and steal...but yeahh.. the work should not turn into exploitation!!

[suaveboy]

Well Ankit,you are viewing the glass as half-empty,I wud say.Providing education provides complete cure for most of the prblms.Other measures mite be like pain killers.Providing free education means also checking the attendance rate for a particular school and taking proper action if the standards are not met.It doesn't end with that.Think about the noon meal scheme available in TN.This has increased the no.of enrollments in schools.Atleast ppl are sending their children to school so that they can have atleast 1 sq meal/day.This is indirectly making a child to come to school.All good habits are hard to come and hard to go.This good habit of coming to school is hard to come and we need to take steps like noon meal scheme to make it a success.Once the habit is set and it is going to reap benefits,this habit will be hard to go.In intial phases this will take lot of efforts and pains to inculcate this habit.Even some measures like Free electricity for certain duration can be given to homes where children are studying.But India is currently facing severe power shortage.So we need to wait for some yrs for this to happen.Even some concessions can be given in the Ration shops for ppl those who send their children to schools.