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> Is the only reason you think that isn't "child labor" because no one is directly paying them for their work or that the work is "good for them"? Yes, these a
by insanitybit 3y ago
> Is the only reason you think that isn't "child labor" because no one is directly paying them for their work or that the work is "good for them"?
Yes, these are very significant differences. Children are also given time off with holidays, time to play, etc.
School disgusts me, personally, but it's not even close to child labor.
- randomdata 3y ago> Children are also given time off with holidays, time to play, etc. Is that not also the case for the kids in the article harvesting cocoa? According to the article, they harvested a total of 140 pounds of cocoa for the year. According to Wikipedia, a typical worker can harvest around 150-175 pounds of cocoa in one day. Even if they are horribly inefficient compared to a typical worker, perhaps in large part because they are having fun and playing at the same time, we're still only talking a handful of days of work each year. You can only drag out the harvest for so long. What do they do the rest of the time?