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It's certainly weird seeing commentators in this thread implicitly supporting child labor. Note that the kids shown in the OP are mostly under 12 yrs old. This
by pcrh 3y ago
It's certainly weird seeing commentators in this thread implicitly supporting child labor. Note that the kids shown in the OP are mostly under 12 yrs old. This isn't teenagers doing a newspaper round, or bussing tables at the local burger job at weekends; they were working for 8-12 hours a day in industrial environments rather than going to school.
There's simply no way that that kind of child labor provides any benefit to the child, unless they were literally starving, in which case one is faced with a different larger problem.
- t0bia_s 3y agoBelieve or not, going to school is not common in all countries. Sometimes kids do not have ability to go to school so they stay with parents (if they have any) and work with them. Or just do anything to survive. Taking it away from them without alternative how survive would make it even worse. I'm not supporting child labor, just trying to see it from their perspective.