Child labor will continue to be more prominent in impoverished Asian countries until proper laws are put into place and the communities come together to stand up to the child labor owners. With this issue continuing to rise, it puts young children and young adults lives and health in danger due to the fact most of these kids are working machinery they are unqualified to handle or because they are not old enough to be taking care of themselves in a working environment. Child labor has been spreading from somewhere between the 1700’s - 1800’s, and mainly started to rise when factory and shop owners came to the conclusion that children were easier to mistreat. Also, children involved in child labor usually do not obtain the proper education needed to succeed in
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“In the late 1700′s and early 1800′s, power-driven machines began to replace hand labor for the making of most manufactured items. Factories sprung everywhere, first in England and then in the United States. The owners of these factories found a new source of labor to run their machines — children.” (Paul, n.d., p. [Par. 1]) The website states how child labor began to rise once factories started to boom, and the sources to operate these machines were children. The website "National Labor Committee" also gave information on the amount of children that were involved in child labor, “A United States Census report from 1890 showed that over 4.5 million children between the ages of ten and fifteen were employed.” (Paul, n.d., p. [Par. 3]) and then “Just ten years later, the 1900 Census showed that over 1.75 million children between the ages of ten and fifteen were working in gainful occupations.” (Paul, n.d., p. [Par. 3]) That means after 10 years child labor grew by about 250,000. Overall, a conclusion can be made that over the years child labor has shot up over the
“In the late 1700′s and early 1800′s, power-driven machines began to replace hand labor for the making of most manufactured items. Factories sprung everywhere, first in England and then in the United States. The owners of these factories found a new source of labor to run their machines — children.” (Paul, n.d., p. [Par. 1]) The website states how child labor began to rise once factories started to boom, and the sources to operate these machines were children. The website "National Labor Committee" also gave information on the amount of children that were involved in child labor, “A United States Census report from 1890 showed that over 4.5 million children between the ages of ten and fifteen were employed.” (Paul, n.d., p. [Par. 3]) and then “Just ten years later, the 1900 Census showed that over 1.75 million children between the ages of ten and fifteen were working in gainful occupations.” (Paul, n.d., p. [Par. 3]) That means after 10 years child labor grew by about 250,000. Overall, a conclusion can be made that over the years child labor has shot up over the