2. What is Child Labor ?
Child labor is the use of children in industry
or business, especially when illegal or
considered inhuman.
3. History
1832 1836 1842 1876 1881
New England Massachusetts Massachusett Working men’s Children
workers creates law; s limits party proposes under 14
condemn children under children to banning the years
child labor 15 must attend working 10 employment of banned
school at least 3 hours a day. children under 14 from
months a year. years. employm
ent.
4. Why Do We Care ?
You may not think it
These children but child labor effects
are being used you and your children
for much cheaper to.
than you, they
are also smaller
and can work
more than you.
These could
Who would be any low
you choose? income
5. Some low income
Why ? families might
send there
You might be
children out to
asking, “If its
find jobs as a
so bad then
last chance.
WHY do we even
do it?” But big
businesses see
this as a great
way to get some
cheap labor, due
to the child’s
6. Where is it Worst ?
The worst
places for
child labor
are Nigeria,
Pakistan,
India, and
Yemen.
7. Where is the Help
Help is out there…
International Labor Organization ILO
Understanding Children’s Work UCW
Illinois Department Of Labor IDOL
Florida Department Of Business Professional
Regulation
… these are just a
few.
8. Solutions For This Problem
Outlaw it
Enforce more laws on the illegal activity
Set a higher age limit for big factories and
businesses’ workers
Simply stop buying from places that have under
age workers
… Those are just a few things that we can do to
stop Child labor.
