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Do you have any links that support the idea that child labor is a major part of the labor and that said children are actually living in misery?
by wfunction 10y ago
Do you have any links that support the idea that child labor is a major part of the labor and that said children are actually living in misery?
- ggggtez 10y agoAre you suggesting it's possible to have child labor where the children don't live in misery? I think that's historically unprecedented.
- colechristensen 10y agoI grew up on a farm in Iowa, spent much of my youth working, and wouldn't describe it as misery.
- wtbob 10y agoGrowing up I knew a lot of families whose children worked in their restaurants. While — kids being kids — I'm sure that they would have told you that they were miserable, I don't think that they actually were. Honestly, is a kid who must work any more miserable than an adult who must work? The entire idea of childhood is a very recent invention, after all.
- sandworm101 10y ago>> is a kid who must work any more miserable than an adult who must work? Yes, if that working deprives them of an education. Or if they work in conditions that an adult would not tolerate. Or if their pay is paid to someone else (ie parents renting out children). Or if their status as "children" or "wards" of their employers results in them having fewer rights than adults in the same employ.
- wodenokoto 10y ago"yes, if" doesn't really make any sense to this type of question. Is it really better to be a man than a woman? Yes, if you're rich. Are dogs really worse than cats? Yes, if they have rabies. I think decent working conditions was more than implied by parent.
- labster 10y agoI think you need to look at more historical precedent. And the fact that our culture considers 13 year-olds children and ancient cultures considered them adults.
- maxerickson 10y agoI was reading this the other day: http://www.widmerscheese.com/the-story-of-wisconsin-brick-cheese/ http://www.widmerscheese.com/the-story-of-wisconsin-brick-ch... Jossi came to the states in 1857 from Switzerland with his parents at the age of 12. The family settled first in upstate New York, but two years later young Jossi was running a small Limburger factory in the town of Richwood, in southwest Wisconsin. A 14 year old managing a factory was probably somewhat remarkable. A 14 year old in the US working certainly wasn't.
- danieltillett 10y agoThings have improved, but there is still a lot of child labor involved [1, 2]. 1. http://ihscslnews.org/view_article.php?id=338 http://ihscslnews.org/view_article.php?id=338 2. http://ilrf.org/sites/default/files/publications-and-resources/child%20labor%20in%20carpet%20industry%20122706.pdf http://ilrf.org/sites/default/files/publications-and-resourc...
- potatorape 10y agoBoth those articles are about India, do you have any that support the same claim about Iran? I have been to Iran, and I have been to this same area that this article is about. Rug making is an ancient and respected trade that is held in high regard and is usually something done by older and more experienced people. The entire practice is about making high quality work with attention to detail and pride in their craftsmanship.
- danieltillett 10y agoMost "persian" rugs are not made in Iran. This is why I put the quotes around Persian.
- wfunction 10y agoAnd now where did you pull that one from?! Citation needed...?!
- danieltillett 10y ago'Persian' rug is used as a generic term for hand knotted rugs of certain design - not just those from Iran. Oriental rug would be more accurate term (and is used). Most rugs of this type are made in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.
- aminok 10y agoThis article is about Persian rugs that are produced specifically in Iran, not the looser definition of "Persian" rug you're using, so I think you should make that context clear in the OP.