I can I get off this train to distopia? Seriously. Didn't we already go through this child labor bit not even a century ago? I don't have kids and I still don'

I can I get off this train to distopia? Seriously. Didn't we already go through this child labor bit not even a century ago? I don't have kids and I still don't think that they're the solution to labor shortage. And what we do to them now will have serious repercussions when they become voting adults. EDIT: Removed unnecessary rant.