Child Labour Persuasive Research Paper

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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” ― J.K Rowling, Harry Potter And the sorcerer's stone. Kids all over the world have to work to support their family. Most kids that have to work quit school to work full time. Just like the quote says you cannot dwell on dreams and forget to live, but these kids may dwell on dreams but they don't forget to live. They keep on trying to succeed. One life throws them an obstacle they find a way to overcome it. Child labor is not good for the kids or the economy.
First, Where is child labor happening? Well, most of it happens in poor developing countries, but some of it happens right here in America. The article states, “Many U.S. citizens whose whose hispanic immigrants parents may not be in the U.S. legally. These teens usually have to work to help their struggling families get by.” That sound crazy, but many kids have to work to support their family. Legally they should not be working, but many farms find loopholes in the law. Without their kids income many parents would lose their houses due to not
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Well, Their are many organizations out there to help kids who have to work. But there is still many families that without the income would not be able to survive. I think to help these people there should be a fund to help kids in other countries that have to work. With this fund many kids won't have to work anymore, and they could attend school. If the kids could attend school they could get a better more well paying job when there an adult. Without the chance to receive education many kids can't ever get a better job.
Child labor is creating more problems than it's solving. These kids have the ability to not get caught up in there job and forget to live. They try harder when life throws an obstacle at them, hoping that one day they can get a new job and that there kids don't have to go through the same thing they did. We are extremely lucky to live in the wealthy country we live in

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