Today, child labor is illegal in most developed countries. There are strict laws that monitor the jobs, hours, wages, etc. that children have if they do work. An example of these laws, is one that requires all children to go to school until they are 16 years of age before they can drop out and b

“In Pakistan, I talked to a boy making bricks. He had been sold into labor by his grandfather to pay a debt. ‘Would you like to go to school?’ I asked him. ‘What is school?’ he asked me.” (Kielberger, 5.) In India, only 64% of males and 39% of females are literate. When children are forced to work at a young age, they can also develop serious health problems. “Health problems are compounded for children because they are more susceptible than adults to the types of illnesses and injuries associated with occupational hazards.” (Parker, http://www.busph.bu.edu/Gallery/Introp.html.) Child labor is necessary in some places because poor families need the extra income this will bring. Poverty is the reason many children go to work. In India, 37% of the urban and 39% of the rural populations live in poverty. (Unknown.) Studies have “revealed a positive correlation- in some instances, a strong one- between child labor and such factors as poverty.” (Melara-Kerpelman, 1996.) Also, a poll taken of child laborers revealed that 63.74% said the reason they worked was poverty. (Unknown.)

Many parents make their children work because there are no alternate sources of income. In many economically depressed countries where child labor exists, there aren’t any welfare systems and easy access to loans. The money for these types of prog

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