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That is naive short term thinking. If children are not doing child labor, they have the opportunity to get education which in turn can improve the economic cond
by andreasvc 11y ago
That is naive short term thinking. If children are not doing child labor, they have the opportunity to get education which in turn can improve the economic conditions of their country so that child labor won't be the only option anymore. It's a cycle that needs to be broken.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoOr they can help their parents fix agriculture, develop local businesses, etc. The way I see it, those factories employing child labour are their primary tether to the global economy, which is bleeding them dry. Disconnected, they wouldn't have to compete with the rest of the world, and local economy would adjust. After all, at the level their local economy is, it's not dollars that matter, but man hours - and every country has the same amount per capita of those.
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoYes and no. There does seem to be indication that ending child labor, without changing anything else, does lead to an immediate worsening of the situation for some children. But, this is in no way a justification for child exploitation and it also doesn't speak to the long term benefits of ending child labor.
- dennisgorelik 11y agoIf kids do not have enough food to eat, then the alternative to hard labor is death from starvation, not education.