The Labor of Children

Child labor is not nearly as bad as it seems. While that is a bold statement which might offend people. It’s true to a certain degree. There are worse things a child can do with their body to get food. In life, we cannot save everyone or help everyone. It’s a sad truth, but instead of judging child labor, shouldn’t we note that a child is working hard for his or her future?

With child labor, it’s bad, in a sense, that they miss education, and child hood moments. However, childhood is overrated. Most people have a difficult childhood, but they sometimes trick themselves that it was pleasant due to time.

If a child can help his or her family by working, isn't that exemplary? What is the point of being educated and dead from starvation. The lifestyle that we have is different from other people. Work is not unpleasant it provides us with purpose. Also, child labor beats child prostitution. If a child can work with their two hands to feed themselves isn’t that so much better? It’s not ideal, but one must realize we’re talking about a third world country. There is not much that is ideal, but maybe the chance of three square meals for everyone.

In developing countries, charity is very hard for everyone in the country. When you are worried about your next meal, it can be hard to help someone in theirs. While you might not be able to give someone their next meal, doesn’t it seem pretty good giving them the means for getting that meal?

Although, not all child labor is nice and dandy, and some get beaten up or work in dangerous situations, it's all really of a matter of not things being better, but what is more worse.If child does nothing and starves, that is stupid, if a child works for his or her food, that is bad, but it's not as worse as starving.

 Yes, we should complain about such things, and do the whole internet meme, but just complaining about the ideal of children working doesn’t make sense? Even in most developed countries children have done some form of labor, whether it being moving lawns, or other such things.

We cannot change everything, but the things we can change, we should pick wisely what we change. Making a better world, might just look a little bit different from what you thought and the makers of that world might have smaller backs than men and women. Helping others immediate case is not always the best. Helping in a practical way is sometimes so much better. Don’t stop child labor in the sense that you stop someone’s income, make it a safer environment, make it so that people do not starve. Don’t help someone survive today, help them build a tomorrow.