Child Labor Essay: The Industrial Revolution

Child Labor Essay
The Industrial Revolution was a time when children worked very hard and in dangerous conditions. Children Working in the coal mines could get sick or maybe even die.The owner of the coal mine, though, thinks that it is okay, that little children are working in the mines.Little children should not be doing this job and with these dangerous conditions. An example of this danger could be from the story - Mr. Coal. In that story it states - “…and they get tired and sick because they have to breathe coal dust instead of good, pure air.” Also, some more danger, could be that the roof could cave in, or something equally dangerous could happen there in those mines. And, even though the children are getting paid, they are getting paid so very little, if anything. …show more content…
And, of course, children don’t have long attention spans, either. It is just not fair. I DO NOT think that little children should be suffering all of this pain for no good reason at all. It is so risky for children to be working with all of these dangerous conditions. Child labor is such a terrible