Working children
In many countries children are engaged in some kind of paid work. Some people regard this as completely wrong, while others consider it a valuable work experience, which is important for learning and taking responsibility. What is your opinion?
Nowadays, many children involved in different types of jobs
to have some kind of financial assurance for themselves. However, whether this
is good for their development and personality is a controversial issue. I
personally believe that paid works is harmful for children for several reasons.
It is said that children gain valuable experience in the
work place. This may be true. However, I would argue that children are mainly
employed in jobs that require manual work and are poorly paid. The recent
statistics reveal the common tasks that children are assigned to are washing
dishes, mopping floors or serving food in restaurants. Meanwhile, this kind of
jobs actually do not provide children with necessary and useful skills to apply
in their future carrer.
This brings me to the second point. Defenders of child
labour argues that it is an effective method of learning. The point is children
should be able to apply knowledge taught to them in a real life working
environment. Although this is undoubtedly true, it also means that children may
neglect the classroom study and even fail the class. The worst thing is yet to
come. They may become so preoccupied with the benefits ahead of them such as
small salary that they may leave school.
Finally, supporters say that it helps them to build
responsibility in the family. They will understand how it is difficult to earn
money and therefore have compassion for their parents. This is true to a
certain extent, but may have a totally adverse effect on children. As children
can make money at an early age, they would feel that it is appropriate to spend
it on luxury things.
In conclusion, I think that parents should take measures to
restrict their child from work, otherwise it would have negative consequences
to their future.
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