Compare And Contrast-All Approach To Child Work

2. A "one-size-fits-all" approach to 'child work ' is a problematic approach, due to the diversity of work and working conditions around the world. There are different standards of 'child work ' everywhere and therefore, it is not practical to have one set way of viewing children. In Westernized cultures, which is a term that refers to, social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, and beliefs of a society, there is a law in place for what the minimum age of work can be, and it is unfair to say that no matter where you live you cannot begin to work until you reach that age. In developing countries such as, Africa or China, the children need to begin work at a much younger age than the children here for various of different reasons. Through …show more content…
One young girl from the article states that although she does not like the people she works for or the work she does, she is unable to quit because, if she does so, she will be out of a place to live and have no way of making money to provide for herself and to get herself through school (Bourdillon, 2005). This shows that there are many young children around the world that rely on the work they do for things such as, a place to live, a way to provide for themselves and to get themselves through school and without these jobs they would be at a loss of all these things. In the article, Fast-Food work: are McJobs satisfying? (Allan et al, 2004), it shows the contrast between what ages the children in Western cultures begin to work to when children in other parts of the world begin working and the work they do. This article also shows how much more reliant children in Third World countries are on their jobs in comparison to children here who are working. In comparison to the children working in Zimbabwe, we see how much easier it is for young children and teens in Western cultures to access jobs, which have a safe working condition and is